James Reid, at first withheld the news of Churchill's death as he feared it would upset the frail and labile monarch. When finally told, the Queen was shocked and barely ate. She wrote, "The loss to me is not to be told... and that it should happen here is too sad". Queen Victoria died within a month of Churchill's death. The details of Churchill's personal life and time serving the Queen are little known, as she left no journals or memoirs; Victoria did not permit her ladies-in-waiting to keep a diary. References Works cited 1826 births 1900 deaths Ladies of the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert British baronesses Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill Daughters of British marquesses Ladies of the Bedchamber Jane Court of Queen Victoria