The Open Guide to London: the free London guide - Differences between Version 7 and Version 1 of Queen Victoria
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| <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" border="0"> <tr> <td width="200"><p> <img src="http://openguides.org/london/pictures/queen_victoria_young.jpg" alt="Young Queen Victoria"> </p> <p> <img src="http://openguides.org/london/pictures/queen_victoria.jpg" alt="Queen Victoria"> </p> <p> <img src="http://openguides.org/london/pictures/queen_victoria_old.jpg" alt="Old Queen Victoria"> </p></td> <td width="200"><p> The longest reigning British queen, Victoria was the daughter of Edward, the Duke of Kent and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg. She was born in [[Kensington Palace]] on May 24th, 1819. She took the throne in 1837, after the death of her uncle William IV. </p> <p> London grew massively and prospered during her reign, and there's a cluster of places named after her, including [[Victoria Station]], the main-line terminus for many trains from the south of the country, [[Victoria Park]], [[Victoria Embankment]], the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] and the [[Victoria Line]]. </p> <p> In 1840, Victoria married her cousin, [[Prince Albert|Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]]. After he died in 1861, she put herself into self-imposed seclusion for ten years whilst she mourned. She also ordered many monuments (such as the [[Albert Memorial]]) to be built in his honour. </p> <p> She died at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. on 22 January 1901. At the time, it was said, Britain had a worldwide empire on which the sun never set. </p></td> </tr> </table> |
The longest reigning British queen, from 1837 to 1901. London grew massively and prospered during her reign, and there's a cluster of places named after her, including [[Victoria Station]], the main-line terminus for many trains from the south of the country, [[Victoria Park]], the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] and the [[Victoria Line]]. |
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The longest reigning British queen, from 1837 to 1901.
London grew massively and prospered during her reign, and there's a cluster of places named after her, including Victoria Station, the main-line terminus for many trains from the south of the country, Victoria Park, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Victoria Line.
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