I want to know the answer to the following question:
What was actually the cause of Lady Flora's "pregnancy"?
All the background I'm provided with is that "At the start of her reign Victoria was popular, but her reputation suffered in an 1839 court intrigue when one of her mother's ladies-in-waiting, Lady Flora Hastings, developed an abdominal growth that was widely rumoured to be an out-of-wedlock pregnancy by Sir John Conroy.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no