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What happened after Victoria didn鈥檛 need a governess anymore?

Victoria鈥檚 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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