On 2 February, the queen wrote in her journal that she suspected Conroy, a man whom she loathed intensely, to be the father. However, her enemies, Baroness Lehzen and the Marchioness of Tavistock (better known as the inventor of afternoon tea) spread the rumour that she was. Clark assumed the abdominal growth was pregnancy, and met with Hastings twice a week from 1. She visited the queen's physician, Sir James Clark, who could not diagnose her condition without an examination, which Hastings refused. Her mother unsuccessfully insisted that Conroy and his family be allowed at court Victoria disagreed, saying.
Victoria made every attempt to keep her mother's household, including Hastings and Conroy, away from her in distant parts of Buckingham Palace. For these reasons, the young Victoria hated and suspected Hastings, and was open to any accusation that could be laid at the feet of Conroy or his aides. Her siblings were George, Sophia, Selina, and Adelaide. Lady Flora was one of the daughters of Francis Rawdon- Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1. British aristocrat and lady- in- waiting to Queen Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent. Lady Flora Elizabeth Rawdon- Hastings (1.
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