The Backstory: Queen Victoria: Drug Addict?

Update: 2025-07-15

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Queen Victoria, who ran the British Empire for 63 years, defined the buttoned-up, conservative era named for her… the Victorian Era. But it turns out… her many pleasures included opium, cocaine, and sex!

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