Step back in time with the London History Podcast as we explore a week that gripped Victorian London with fear and mourning. In January 1892, the Russian Flu swept through the city, closing theatres, filling streets with black crepe, and leaving a young royal heir fighting for his life. While Prince Albert Victor received round-the-clock care, thousands of ordinary Londoners suffered quietly and alone, revealing a stark divide between prince and pauper, and a city under unprecedented pressure.
Episode 147: The Prince, The Pauper, and the Russian Flu
Host: Hazel Baker
Hazel is an active Londoner, a keen theatre-goer and qualified CIGA London tour guide.
She has won awards for tour guiding and is proud to be involved with some great organisations. She is a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Marketors and am an honorary member of The Leaders Council.
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Podcast Episode 147: The Prince, The Pauper, and the Russian Flu
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence (1864-1892) | Photo by: W. & D. Downey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Albert Victor late 1880s | Photo by: Alexander Bassano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Arthur Robertson – Drawing for Alfred Gilbert’s project for the tomb of the Duke of Clarence – Google Art Project | Photo by: Musée d’Orsay, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
