tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30565232.post6344175714239776691..comments2023-11-02T05:22:07.341-07:00Comments on U N L I K E L Y- N O M A D: The greatest Love affair...Queen Victoria and Prince AlbertNomadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12442951171750388374noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30565232.post-37227287842657439092008-04-23T13:17:00.000-07:002008-04-23T13:17:00.000-07:00Very nice... and monumental too. There was a quiet...Very nice... and monumental too. There was a quieter love in the monarch's life.<BR/><BR/>Because there's John Brown, humble Scot servant, who was with her for decades. I was in Crathie Scotland, near Balmoral Castle, and the vicar took me to see Brown's grave. He showed me the little church house looking over the wall and said that Victoria came to that one wee window and wept, overlooking the grave - every day for a year (other windows in the manse were closed in for her privacy).<BR/><BR/>I saw the gravestone (took photos too) On his death Queen Victoria paid him the tribute (on his stone).<BR/><BR/>'Friend more than Servant, Loyal, Truthful, Brave <BR/><BR/>Self less than Duty, even to the Grave'Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148485566444804108noreply@blogger.com