Bolitho, Hector, ed. (1938), Letters of Queen Victoria from the Archives of the House of Brandenburg-Prussia, London: Thornton Butterworth The Letters of Queen Victoria A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861. Complete in 3 Volumes. Following a custom she maintained throughout her widowhood, Victoria spent the Christmas of 1900 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Rheumatism in her legs had rendered her disabled, and her eyesight was clouded by cataracts. [200] Through early January, she felt "weak and unwell", [201] and by mid-January she was "drowsy... dazed, [and] confused". [202] Her favourite pet Pomeranian, Turi, was laid on her bed as a last request. [203] She died aged 81 on 22 January 1901, at half past six in the evening, in the presence of her eldest son, Albert Edward, and grandson WilhelmII. Albert Edward immediately succeeded as EdwardVII. [204] Poster proclaiming a day of mourning in Toronto on the day of Victoria's funeral Victoria's eldest daughter became empress consort of Germany in 1888, but she was widowed a little over three months later, and Victoria's eldest grandchild became German Emperor as WilhelmII. Victoria and Albert's hopes of a liberal Germany would go unfulfilled, as Wilhelm was a firm believer in autocracy. Victoria thought he had "little heart or Zartgefühl [tact] – and... his conscience & intelligence have been completely wharped [ sic]". [188] Hibbert, pp. 94–96; Marshall, pp. 53–57; St Aubyn, pp. 109–112; Waller, pp. 359–361; Woodham-Smith, pp. 170–174

Fulford, Roger (1967) "Victoria", Collier's Encyclopedia, United States: Crowell, Collier and Macmillan Inc., vol. 23, p. 127 Hunt, Kristin (20 September 2017), "Victoria and Abdul: The Friendship that Scandalized England", Smithsonian, archived from the original on 1 December 2017 , retrieved 23 November 2017 Op 10 februari 1840 trouwde ze met haar neef Albert van Saksen-Coburg-Gotha. Het was een zeer gelukkig huwelijk, waar negen kinderen uit voort zijn gekomen. De Duitse Albert werd door zijn huwelijk Brits staatsburger, maar een Britse adellijke titel werd hem niet gegund. Toch Victoria zich maar al te graag door haar steun en toeverlaat adviseren.

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Zowel de serie als het boek bestrijken niet het gehele leven van de vorstin. De ondertitel zegt het immers al; 'de jonge koningin'. Ik prijs mezelf gelukkig dat ik zo'n man aan het hoofd van de regering mag hebben; een man aan wie ik alles veilig kan toevertrouwen.' [...] 'Mannen als hij vind je nog maar weinig in deze wereld vol bedrog!' In 1839, Melbourne resigned after Radicals and Tories (both of whom Victoria detested) voted against a bill to suspend the constitution of Jamaica. The bill removed political power from plantation owners who were resisting measures associated with the abolition of slavery. [49] The Queen commissioned a Tory, Robert Peel, to form a new ministry. At the time, it was customary for the prime minister to appoint members of the Royal Household, who were usually his political allies and their spouses. Many of the Queen's ladies of the bedchamber were wives of Whigs, and Peel expected to replace them with wives of Tories. In what became known as the " bedchamber crisis", Victoria, advised by Melbourne, objected to their removal. Peel refused to govern under the restrictions imposed by the Queen, and consequently resigned his commission, allowing Melbourne to return to office. [50] Marriage of Victoria and Albert, painted by George Hayter Queen Victoria, "Tuesday, 3rd December 1872", Queen Victoria's Journals, vol.61, p.333, archived from the original on 25 November 2021 , retrieved 2 June 2012– via The Royal Archives

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Karim’s descendants, having read the diary, similarly believe that the relationship was platonic and maternal at best. Since 1714, Britain had shared a monarch with Hanover in Germany, but under Salic law, women were excluded from the Hanoverian succession. While Victoria inherited the British throne, her father's unpopular younger brother, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, became King of Hanover. He was Victoria's heir presumptive until she had a child. [34] Coronation portrait by George Hayter

Benson, A. C.; Esher, Viscount, eds. (1907), The Letters of Queen Victoria: A Selection of Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861, London: John Murray As monarch, Victoria was Supreme Governor of the Church of England. She was also aligned with the Church of Scotland. It feels a little sacrilegeous to open such an envelope just like that, when it was sealed 130 years ago and no one even knew where it was, for 100 years,” Mr Wittwer said. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was longer than any of her predecessors, is known as the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. In 1876, the British Parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India.

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Queen Victoria’s formidable output regarding words might make us wonder how she managed in fact, to write so much and live so fully. That the Queen incorporated so much private writing into her personal time outside of her official correspondence is proof that it was part of her daily regimen and also, her personality. It is also important to remember that the reason why the Queen conducted such a gigantic correspondence with her eldest child is that since 1858, the Princess Royal had been living in Germany as Crown Princess of Prussia. I, therefore,e became a way for the Queen to talk to her daughter from afar.