Victoria, Queen

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1. A British queen of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During her reign, Britain reached new heights in industrial and colonial power and diplomatic influence. Victoria became queen at the age of eighteen and soon married Prince Albert, who proved an enormous support to her; after his early death, she remained in official mourning until her own death forty years later. Victoria was known for her impartiality toward the two leading political parties of Britain, the Liberals and the Conservatives, which both produced extraordinary leaders during her reign (see Benjamin Disraeli and William Ewart Gladstone). She was also known for establishing strict standards of personal morality. (See Victorian period.)

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The term Victorian today sometimes recalls Queen Victoria's stands on personal moral issues and may suggest prudery or a moral self-satisfaction.

Queen Victoria's children and grandchildren married into many of the other royal families of Europe. Tragically, many of them passed on the disease hemophilia. Victoria carried the disease in her genes, and one of her sons died from it. The hemophiliac son of Nicholas II, the czar of Russia, was descended from Victoria. (See Grigori Rasputin.)

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The third UK series makes herstory with the international franchise's first cis woman drag queen, Victoria Scone.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2021

The sprint queen Victoria Pendleton has moved seamlessly into the world of Strictly Come Dancing.

From The Guardian • Nov. 10, 2012

Twilight sleep idea: queen Victoria was given that.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

M. Drumont, famous journalist, Drumont, know what he called queen Victoria?

From Ulysses by Joyce, James