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They were a royal love match known for their passion and devotion.
So it’s rather comforting to know that even Queen Victoria and her beloved Prince Albert were not immune from the odd marital spat.
Their rows were meticulously recorded by Albert and are among 22,000 papers and photos relating to his life and legacy made available online for the first time.
In one letter, in his native German, Albert angrily chides feisty Victoria that she has again ‘lost her self-control’ and revealed how she followed him ‘from room to room’ rowing and refusing to back down.
He says: ‘You have again lost your self-control quite unnecessarily. I did not say a word which could wound you and I did not begin the conversation, but you have followed me about and continued it from room to room.
‘There is no need for me to promise to trust you for it was not a question of trust, but of your fidgety nature, which makes you insist on entering, with feverish eagerness, into details about orders and wishes which, in the case of a Queen, are commands to whomever they may be given.’
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's rows were meticulously recorded by Albert and are among 22,000 papers and photos relating to his life and legacy made available online for the first
