Charles Beem “revisited” this event in the chapter “What Power Have I Left?” in The Lioness Roared. A satirical cartoon about this event by John Doyle shows men rowing up to a sign saying “spare us for the sake of our women.” A politician who resigned due to this event later formed a second government, which reintroduced an income tax and banned women from working underground in the Mines and Collieries Act. During this event, a youthful ruler wrote “keep yourself in readiness for you may soon be wanted” in a letter to William Lamb. This event, which was magnified by a scandal about Flora Hastings’s rumored pregnancy, was initially precipitated by Lord Melbourne’s resignation as prime minister. In this event, Robert Peel resigned when the reigning queen denied his request to replace six of her Whig ladies-in-waiting. For 10 points, name this 1839 political “crisis” early in Queen Victoria’s reign. ■END■
ANSWER: Bedchamber crisis [or Bedchamber plot; prompt on the resignation of Lord Melbourne as prime minister or equivalents until “Lord Melbourne’s resignation” is read; prompt on the resignation of William Lamb or equivalents until “Lamb” is read]
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