For over a century, rumors about Queen Victoria's affair with her servant John Brown have persisted. Now a historian says she ...

The Hansons auction also contains a letterbox once owned by Queen Victoria, which the consigner’s grandfather acquired at the same time as the paintings. It carries an estimate of £4,000 to £ ...

This isn’t the first time Victoria’s art has gone to auction. Last year, Hansons London sold two of her paintings, each depicting a vase of flowers, for a collective $25,000.

The auction house has previously sold other works by royal artists, including a painting by Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Victoria, which fetched £4,198 (around $5,320) last year.

The oil on canvas full body portrait of Queen Victoria, painted by Girardot in 1890, was sold for £1,000. The paintings previously adorned the Trust's boardroom but had been in storage for around ...

It was during this period that Queen Victoria first visited, staying at the villa for a month in 1888, before returning in 1893 and 1894. Plaques commemorating her time there can still be seen on ...