Physician saw flirting in the Royal court

VICTORIA wasn’t the only person keeping a diary.

Her loyal physician, Sir James Reid, also meticulously chronicled his life in the royal court.

And, one day, in 1883, he recorded a most curious sight.

Opening the door to Victoria’s room at Windsor Castle, he saw her flirting with John Brown as she “walked a little”.

Brown said to her, lifting his kilt: “Oh, I thought it was here?”

And Her Majesty responded, laughing, and lifting up her own skirt, saying: “No, it is here.”

It is unclear from the note exactly what “it” might be.

But Sir James noted that when Victoria sprained her knee, Brown carried her everywhere.