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VICTORIA (r. 1837-1901) Queen Victoria maintained a detailed diary, her famous Journal, which is contained in 111 large manuscript volumes. These volumes constitute about a third of the original, as her diaries were edited after her death by her youngest daughter Princess Beatrice, at Queen Victoria's request.
Silver Jubilee of George V. The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria was officially celebrated on 22 June 1897 to mark the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria 's accession on 20 June 1837. Queen Victoria was the first British monarch ever to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee.
Read a brief overview of the subject's life, or longer summaries of major events and achievements. Brief Overview. Context. Victoria's Childhood. The Young Queen. Life with Prince Albert. The Mid-Victorian Years. The Years of Mourning. A Monarchy in Transition.
Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria is associated with Britain's great age of industrial expansion, economic progress and, especially, empire. At her death, it was said, Britain had a worldwide empire on which the sun never set. Victoria was born at Kensington Palace, London, on 24 May 1819. She was the only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, the ...
The Industrial Revolution and the expansion of the British Empire changed the world around them beyond recognition. This timeline outlines key moments in the life which Victoria and Albert shared together as well as Victoria’s personal accounts of these events, extracted from her journals. Access the archive here.
The 1880s and 1890s were decades of Victoria's increasing visibility as symbol of Britain and of Empire, as-with the Prince of Wales often acting as impresario-she celebrated her Golden Jubilee as ...
On 21 June, a dinner was held in Buckingham Palace for royal visitors from across Europe. The following day was termed the Festival of the British Empire. The queen made a progress by carriage to St Paul’s Cathedral where a short Service of Thanksgiving was held outside the building – Victoria being unable by this date to manage the steps ...
