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A fact from Queen Victoria's journals appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 May 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that an unexpurgated journal of Queen Victoria records her delight that Prince Albert put on her stockings?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Queen Victoria's journals.

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Suggested addition

I'd like to suggest the following addition. As I don't have a source (though one I think can be found), I don't feel comfortable putting it into the articlespace yet. But here is the suggested addition as a second paragraph of "Archive":

International interest in accessing the online archive increased in 2006 with the launch of the ITV TV series Victoria when the show's lead actress, Jenna Coleman and writer Daisy Goodwin, mentioned during British and North American promotional appearances that the diaries were available for free online; although this was true for those residing in the U.K., users attempting to access the diaries from outside the U.K. found access restricted to researchers only, and for a fee.

136.159.160.122 (talk) 17:23, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Part of this is explained rather more accurately in "External links". They only went online (complete) in 2012, & were free globally for a while. Johnbod (talk) 17:26, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]