(LONDON) — British royal documents including Queen Victoria’s heart-wrenching, handwritten account of her husband Prince Albert’s death have been shared online, offering a firsthand account of her overwhelming grief. Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 until her death in 1901. She and German-born Albert had nine children before he died of typhoid in 1861 at age…

via Newly-Public Notes Written by Queen Victoria Reveal the British Monarch’s Grief, Mourning Following Her Husband Prince Albert’s Death — TIME