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Prolific Writer
Queen Victoria started her first diary in 1832. At the time, she was just thirteen years old. Her mother inspected her journals every day until Victoria became Queen. She kept a diary all throughout her life and her last entry was made just ten days before her death. Over the course of her life, she filled 121 journals and on average, wrote 2,000 words a day.
Before Queen Victoria died, she insisted that after her death, one of her children would go over her journals and censor anything that might be considered improper. Queen Victoria’s daughter Beatrice did exactly that. After her censorship, most of the original journals were destroyed.
