What sort of childhood did she have Queen Victoria?

She had a very strict childhood. She could not walk down stairs without holding the hand of an adult. She had to have her food tested before eating, she was not allowed to read books until later in life, she could not sleep in a room by herself (she had to share a room with her mother), and she could not go to school with other children. Victoria had no friends her own age growing up. All these restrictions were known as the Kensington system devised by Sir John Conroy and her mother the Dutchess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

Queen Victoria did have a companion in a dog. His name was Dash. It was not until she became queen did she have any type of freedom