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4 days ago · Queen Victoria‘s coronation in 1838 marked the start of one of history‘s most remarkable royal turnarounds. With the crown‘s reputation and relevance at a low point, the young queen seized her chance to prove the monarchy‘s value to a changing Britain.
4 days ago · by history tools. May 26, 2024. Queen Victoria ascended to the British throne on June 20, 1837 at the tender age of 18. Few could have predicted the monumental changes that would transform virtually every aspect of British society over the course of her record-breaking 63-year reign.
4 days ago · Queen Victoria‘s marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840 was a turning point in her life and reign. Albert became Victoria‘s trusted advisor and partner, and together they set out to create a new model of the royal family based on domestic happiness and moral uprightness.
5 days ago · house of Windsor, the royal house of the United Kingdom, which succeeded the house of Hanover on the death of its last monarch, Queen Victoria, on January 22, 1901. The dynasty includes Edward VII (reigned 1901–10), George V (1910–36), Edward VIII (1936), George VI (1936–52), Elizabeth II (1952–2022), and Charles III (2022– ).
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3 days ago · The kinds of document bonfire-burning that can make a historian weep. But I think her relationship with Brown provides one of the greatest insights into the simple, adoring, unaffected soul of a lonely monarch. 4. John Brown, Queen Victoria’s favourite servant (a ‘ghillie’ or ‘gillie’), who has even been rumoured to have been her ...
5 days ago · Buckingham Palace, palace and London residence of the British sovereign. It is situated within the borough of Westminster. The palace takes its name from the house built (c. 1705) for John Sheffield, duke of Buckingham. It was bought in 1762 by George III for his wife, Queen Charlotte, and became.
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