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[[File:VictoriaJubilee.jpg|frame|"[[Determinator|We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat |
[[File:VictoriaJubilee.jpg|frame|"[[Determinator|We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; ''they do not exist'']]."]] |
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{{quote|'''Captain Darling:''' ''I'm as British as Queen Victoria!''" |
{{quote|'''Captain Darling:''' ''I'm as British as Queen Victoria!''" |
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Queen Victoria (1819-1901) reigned over [[The British Empire|the largest empire the world has ever seen]]. She was a hugely important figure, causing sweeping changes in the history of many parts of the world, and inspiring her people. She was not simply a [[Lie Back and Think of England|prudish]] [[Grande Dame|old woman with no sense of humour]], and in fact [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|probably never said, "We are not amused"]]. |
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) reigned over [[The British Empire|the largest empire the world has ever seen]]. She was a hugely important figure, causing sweeping changes in the history of many parts of the world, and inspiring her people. She was not simply a [[Lie Back and Think of England|prudish]] [[Grande Dame|old woman with no sense of humour]], and in fact [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|probably never said, "We are not amused"]]. |
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Her reign was equally momentous, occupying nearly the entire period of the Industrial Revolution, from 1837 to 1901 |
Her reign was equally momentous, occupying nearly the entire period of the Industrial Revolution, from 1837 to 1901 (the longest in British history until 2015, when Elizabeth II surpassed her great-great-grandmother's reign). |
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She married her cousin Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel in 1840, leading prank phone callers to ask if their victim had Prince Albert in a can. Albert died of typhoid fever in 1861, still young(ish) and handsome, leaving Victoria stricken with grief. She never remarried. |
She married her cousin Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel in 1840, leading prank phone callers to ask if their victim had Prince Albert in a can. Albert died of typhoid fever in 1861, still young(ish) and handsome, leaving Victoria stricken with grief. She never remarried. |
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