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The madness of Queen Victoria: Never before seen doctor's diary reveals how monarch was gripped by psychosis after having first son, and Prince Albert feared she'd inherited 'royal family insanity' from King George

Dr Robert Ferguson's diary gives an unprecedented insight into the disastrous state of Victoria's mental health immediately after the arrival of the future King Edward VII in November 1841.

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