Censoring Queen Victoria - How Two Gentlemen Edited a Queen and Created an Icon

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When Queen Victoria died, two gentlemen were commissioned with the monumental task of editing her vast correspondence: Viscount Esher, the consummate royal confidant hiding a secret obsession with Eton boys; and Arthur Benson, a schoolmaster plagued by depression. Together with King Edward VII these men would decide Victoria's legacy. In their hands 460 volumes of the Queen's Correspondence were whittled down to a mere three, and their decisions and distortions would influence perceptions of Victoria for generations to come.