Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from June 20, 1837 until her death. Queen Victoria is the first member of the British Royal Family to travel by train and has experienced six assassination attempts.
According to ATI, Victoria is the Queen’s middle name, her real name is Alexandrina .
Queen Victoria was raised under the “Kensington System” rule, meaning she was almost completely isolated leaving her dependent on her parents. She became Queen of England at the age of 18.
Queen Victoria is fluent in many languages.
Queen Victoria then moved into Buckingham Palace and became the first emperor to live in the palace. Victoria proposed to her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The reason why Prince Albert couldn’t take the initiative to propose to Victoria was because she had already become Queen.
After Prince Albert died at the age of 42 from typhoid fever (or another chronic illness) in 1861, Queen Victoria adopted a number of special funeral rites.
Queen Victoria is fluent in many languages, including French, Italian and Hindustani. She learned Hindustani from an Indian servant named Abdul Karim. Queen Victoria considers Karim her most sincere and trusted friend.
However, Queen Victoria’s family did not like Karim’s presence nor the fact that Karim was close to the Queen. After Queen Victoria died, her family deported this person to India.
She was the first member of the British Royal Family to travel by train.
Queen Victoria is known to be the first person to suffer from hemophilia (hemophilia) also known as “royal disease”. Queen Victoria’s face appears on the first stamp, Penny Black. This stamp was issued in England on May 1, 1840.
One of Queen Victoria’s favorite books is The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde. In 1880, Queen Victoria retired the wood collector from the ship HMS Resolute to make a desk for then US President Rutherford Hayes.
From May 1, 1876, she added the title of Queen of India, even though she had never set foot in this country. Queen Victoria is the first member of the British Royal Family to travel by train. Queen Victoria has experienced 6 failed assassination attempts. She died on January 22, 1901.