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WashingtonPost.com: The Decline and Fall of the House of Windsor
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Alexandrina Victoria never used her first name in childhood, and as Queen the omission became official. Born in Kensington Palace, London, on May 24, 1819, she was eight months old when her father, Edward, Duke of Kent, fell ill with a heavy cold that turned to pneumonia. After twelve days under the care of his doctors, ...
The Next 'Downton'? PBS Pushes 'Victoria' - WSJ
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Historians say Queen Victoria never made a move on Lord Melbourne, her first prime minister, but that hasn't stopped fans of a new period drama based on her life from wishing she had. A ratings smash in the U.K., the romance-heavy “Victoria,” about the long-reigning queen's early years, has inspired ...
Queen Victoria wouldn't be a poster girl for Mumsnet - but we could all ...
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Today perhaps we, too, can learn from her example; as a mother Victoria never apologized, never explained, and never blamed herself for her children's failings. She loved them but she wasn't afraid to point out their faults, and she always put her marriage and above all her job first. If we were all to adopt a ...
Longest Reign In English History - The New York Times
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Real power Victoria never had; she reigned, but did not govern. Elizabeth governed as well as reigned. Dr. Augustus Jessopp has said of Elizabeth that "her name will go down to posterity as one of the great personages of history, the virgin Queen, who, by sheer force of character, gained for herself the credit of all the grand ...
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