Was This Beloved Queen of Britain a Drug User?

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English - May 13, 2019 16:00 - 2 minutes - ★★★★ - 31 ratings
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We have this image of Queen Victoria as a highly proper, disciplined monarch. But the Queen was also someone who liked to get high: from opium tinctures to chewing gum laced with cocaine.