Life with Queen Victoria Author:Victor Mallet When Marie Adeane was first appointed a Maid-of-Honor to Queen Victoria in 1887 she was expressly told she must not keep a journal. From the very start, however, she wrote long letters to her mother, a former lady-in-waiting, and later to her husband, Bernard Mallet, A. J. Balfour's private secretary. Marie's trained artist's eye and quick wit p... more »roduced a serious of brilliant sketches of life in the royal households at home and abroad, showing that beyond doubt the court circle was far from "Victorian."« less