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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.