Queen Victoria’s spy network
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The Secret State
When ictoria comes to the throne, there's no real detective department in the metropolitan police. By the time she completes her reign at the end of the nineteenth century, there's a special branch with 600 people. Much of this is the response to threats to the royal person. Most of the people who attack victoria are lone individuals who sadly, are suffering from mental health problems. i believe thet em victoria er got her daughter, princess victoria vicki, to become a spy in the prussian court. How did, how did that come about? And what information was she sending back to britain? She was sending all sorts of really juicy stuff back to
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