The relationship between Queen Victoria and John Brown, who was her close companion after the death of her husband Prince Albert, has been the subject of intrigue for well over a century.

After Queen Victoria's beloved husband passed away in 1861, the monarch was bereft with grief. The void Prince Albert left was soon filled however, by an unexpected figure.

In the case of how Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were related, it all comes down to the “grandmother of Europe,” England’s Queen Victoria, who ruled from 1837 to 1901. Her love story ...