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Radio 4,2 mins

What happened after Victoria didn’t need a governess anymore?

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Victoria’s old governess, Louise Lehzen had been a second mother to Victoria, and who instilled her with her stiff - possibly inflexible - standards. On 23 September 1842, Lehzen, slipped away from Windsor Castle without saying goodbye. First broadcast on Encounters with Victoria, 9 May 2019.

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