The duties of John Brown, her manservant following the death of Prince Albert, were chronicled in Longford, Victoria R.I.. Here are a few of them in the Queen’s own words :

“We make it a point to have breakfast every morning of our lives … Brown pushed me (in a hand-carriage) up quite a hill and then ran me down again. He did this several times and we enjoyed it very much. … He then put me in a boat on the lake, and rocked me for about half an hour. It was very exhilarating.”