# Lady Flora Hastings — Queen Victoria character guide

> Lady Flora Hastings in Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lady Flora, the Hastings

**First appearance:** 0013-iii-lord-melbourne

## Who they are

Lady-in-waiting whose false pregnancy scandal rocked Victoria's early court.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/iv)

A maid of honour who dislikes the Baroness and makes caustic remarks, contributing to the household discord.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/vi)

Becomes the subject of a scandal when her figure changes after traveling with Sir John Conroy. She is subjected to a medical examination that exonerates her, but the affair damages the Queen's reputation.

### [Happiness and Turmoil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/viii)

Dies from a terrible internal malady, intensifying the scandal and Victoria's unpopularity.

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