Overview

• Dr Fern Riddell claims newly uncovered documents prove that Victoria and her Highland servant John Brown were secretly wed and had a daughter named Mary-Anne.
• The Channel 4 film showcases personal letters, a royal-commissioned brooch and items from a private Brown family archive as evidence of the relationship.
• Riddell has identified Minnesota care worker Angela Webb-Milinkovich as a direct descendant of the alleged love child through family heirlooms she traced.
• Webb-Milinkovich has indicated she is willing to undergo DNA testing to confirm or refute her link to the royal line.
• Traditional historians, including Lucy Worsley, remain sceptical and say the extraordinary claims require rigorous verification.