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On this day - 1901 (Royalty); January 22nd
Topic Started: 22 Jan 2016, 09:14 AM (256 Views)
daib0
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Tuesday, January 22, 1901. : Queen Victoria of England died


England's Queen Victoria was born on 24th May 1819 at Kensington Palace in London. Although christened Alexandrina Victoria, from birth she was formally styled Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria of Kent. Victoria's father died when she was less than a year old. Her grandfather, George III, died less than a week later. Princess Victoria's uncle, the Prince of Wales, inherited the Crown, becoming King George IV.

When George IV died in 1830, he left the throne to his brother, the Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, who became King William IV. Victoria was recognised as heiress-presumptive to the British throne, and in 1837, at the age of 18, she succeeded her uncle, William IV, to the throne to become the last monarch of the House of Hanover.

In 1840, Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, with whom she had nine children. As well as being queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, she was also the first monarch to use the title Empress of India. Victoria's 64-year reign was marked by enormous growth and expansion of the British empire.

Queen Victoria died on the Isle of Wight on 22 January 1901, having reigned for sixty-three years, seven months, and two days - more than any British monarch before.

The present Queen, Queen Elizabeth II, surpassed her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, to become the longest-lived British monarch in December 2007, and the longest-reigning British monarch on 9 September 2015.



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and I'm not a monarquist but there you are ...
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One leech dies and another takes over. How it's always been and how it always will be, until the people of this country wake up.

One things for certain, if it ever does change, I won't be around to see it, because it won't be any time soon.
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