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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,570 --> 00:00:07,630 you 2 00:00:32,930 --> 00:00:35,640 with a loud scream on the night of the 3 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,910 14th of December 1861 Queen Victoria 4 00:00:38,910 --> 00:00:41,909 gave first vent to her grief a lifetime 5 00:00:41,909 --> 00:00:43,980 of mourning for her husband Albert the 6 00:00:43,980 --> 00:00:44,879 Prince Consort 7 00:00:44,879 --> 00:00:52,049 had begun that night the Prince Consort 8 00:00:52,049 --> 00:00:59,869 died from typhoid Queen Victoria was my 9 00:00:59,869 --> 00:01:02,699 great-great-grandmother there's no doubt 10 00:01:02,699 --> 00:01:04,680 that the death of Prince Albert led to a 11 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,960 period of great uncertainty for the 12 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:10,380 monarchy and the country the Queen shut 13 00:01:10,380 --> 00:01:12,240 herself away with her family and 14 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,880 household at Osbourne on the Isle of 15 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:19,020 Wight or Balmoral she came to Windsor 16 00:01:19,020 --> 00:01:21,450 solely to visit the mausoleum here at 17 00:01:21,450 --> 00:01:24,810 Frogmore and spent hours praying at this 18 00:01:24,810 --> 00:01:29,560 great shrine she'd built for her husband 19 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,260 the green have become a recluse 20 00:01:31,260 --> 00:01:35,190 immersing herself in green 21 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,670 the Queen wore black for the rest of her 22 00:01:38,670 --> 00:01:41,330 life her court had to dress in Half Moon 23 00:01:41,330 --> 00:01:44,610 even estate workers at Balmoral dressed 24 00:01:44,610 --> 00:01:47,760 in black kilts shops in London ran out 25 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,340 of black material railings all over the 26 00:01:50,340 --> 00:01:52,140 country were painted black and have 27 00:01:52,140 --> 00:01:55,170 remained so ever since a whole industry 28 00:01:55,170 --> 00:01:59,979 grew up supporting the cult of death 29 00:01:59,979 --> 00:02:02,110 the Queen shot herself up at Osbourne 30 00:02:02,110 --> 00:02:03,610 and refused to go to Windsor or 31 00:02:03,610 --> 00:02:05,469 Buckingham Palace to be near the seat of 32 00:02:05,469 --> 00:02:07,780 government without the gone she couldn't 33 00:02:07,780 --> 00:02:09,399 cope it said she feared she was becoming 34 00:02:09,399 --> 00:02:12,400 unhinged one morning at Osborn she was 35 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,890 heard shouting in desperation by an open 36 00:02:14,890 --> 00:02:17,040 window 37 00:02:30,180 --> 00:02:33,269 she struggled to do her duty Privy 38 00:02:33,269 --> 00:02:35,189 Council meetings at Osborn was strange 39 00:02:35,189 --> 00:02:38,010 Affairs first ministers had to travel 40 00:02:38,010 --> 00:02:40,400 down from London to the Isle of Wight 41 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,060 following this letter 42 00:02:42,060 --> 00:02:44,310 we must humbly submit that Your Majesty 43 00:02:44,310 --> 00:02:47,879 will buy your order in council authorize 44 00:02:47,879 --> 00:02:50,099 the transmitting of a draft of a Royal 45 00:02:50,099 --> 00:02:52,109 Charter for erecting the British 46 00:02:52,109 --> 00:02:54,569 settlement in the bay of Honduras into a 47 00:02:54,569 --> 00:02:57,150 colony to be called the colony of 48 00:02:57,150 --> 00:03:07,230 British Honduras approved we beg leave 49 00:03:07,230 --> 00:03:11,310 most humbly to authorize a salary of the 50 00:03:11,310 --> 00:03:13,500 officer in charge of the dockyard 51 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:16,099 at Deptford 52 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:20,160 approved 53 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,250 Queen Victoria's grief was terrible 54 00:03:23,250 --> 00:03:25,290 she plunged the country into seemingly 55 00:03:25,290 --> 00:03:28,650 endless mourning Buckingham Palace was 56 00:03:28,650 --> 00:03:30,810 empty for two years and was eventually 57 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:34,590 boarded up son wagged put a notice on 58 00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:37,890 the railings which said these commanding 59 00:03:37,890 --> 00:03:39,870 premises to be let or sold in 60 00:03:39,870 --> 00:03:41,670 consequence of the late occupants 61 00:03:41,670 --> 00:03:45,480 declining business the Queen was no 62 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,820 longer doing what her public expected of 63 00:03:47,820 --> 00:03:48,270 her 64 00:03:48,270 --> 00:03:51,330 they were baffled and then angry her 65 00:03:51,330 --> 00:03:57,300 ministers had very strong views but the 66 00:03:57,300 --> 00:03:59,670 Queen's main concern was a national 67 00:03:59,670 --> 00:04:02,250 memorial to her late husband her cause 68 00:04:02,250 --> 00:04:04,200 and his skeptical House of Commons was 69 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,570 given a boost by an ambitious politician 70 00:04:06,570 --> 00:04:10,140 Benjamin Disraeli who argued the 71 00:04:10,140 --> 00:04:12,330 memorial should represent the character 72 00:04:12,330 --> 00:04:15,090 of the prince himself in the harmony of 73 00:04:15,090 --> 00:04:16,738 its proportions in the beauty of it 74 00:04:16,738 --> 00:04:20,279 solomon and in its enduring nature so 75 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:21,720 that those who come after us may say 76 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,150 this was the type and testing me to a 77 00:04:24,150 --> 00:04:28,889 sublime life and the transcendent career 78 00:04:28,889 --> 00:04:33,809 all this was music to the Queen zero 79 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,770 later after Disraeli carried the vote 80 00:04:39,770 --> 00:04:42,169 through Parliament he was invited along 81 00:04:42,169 --> 00:04:43,850 with other ministers to the wedding of 82 00:04:43,850 --> 00:04:45,889 the Queen's eldest son Bertie the Prince 83 00:04:45,889 --> 00:04:48,020 of Wales to Princess Alexandra of 84 00:04:48,020 --> 00:04:51,199 Denmark at Windsor the Queen in black 85 00:04:51,199 --> 00:04:53,330 watched ghost like high up from the 86 00:04:53,330 --> 00:04:55,630 gallery 87 00:04:57,149 --> 00:04:59,649 after the ceremony there was the 88 00:04:59,649 --> 00:05:01,719 obligatory photograph with a bust of 89 00:05:01,719 --> 00:05:07,839 Prince Albert at the end of 1864 an 90 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:09,999 event at Osborne lifted the Queen from 91 00:05:09,999 --> 00:05:12,639 her misery one morning she saw on the 92 00:05:12,639 --> 00:05:14,799 terrace John Brown Prince Albert's 93 00:05:14,799 --> 00:05:17,229 favorite Gilley from Balmoral the Queen 94 00:05:17,229 --> 00:05:18,939 had asked that he be brought south to 95 00:05:18,939 --> 00:05:21,009 help her take up horse riding again 96 00:05:21,009 --> 00:05:25,949 that day Queen Victoria appeared happy 97 00:05:27,149 --> 00:05:29,919 Braun was suddenly always at the Queen 98 00:05:29,919 --> 00:05:32,409 side she refused to go anywhere without 99 00:05:32,409 --> 00:05:36,969 him she felt safe with him and gave him 100 00:05:36,969 --> 00:05:40,269 the title the Queen's Highland 7 answer 101 00:05:40,269 --> 00:05:44,949 will end to herself but Braun the 102 00:05:44,949 --> 00:05:47,769 swarthy Highlander became known as the 103 00:05:47,769 --> 00:05:50,079 master of the cold and the shadow behind 104 00:05:50,079 --> 00:05:52,709 the throne 105 00:05:54,009 --> 00:05:56,599 Browns mana with his sovereign did 106 00:05:56,599 --> 00:05:59,539 appear to be brother brewski again with 107 00:05:59,539 --> 00:06:02,180 our old dress on you again for tis my 108 00:06:02,180 --> 00:06:04,310 own green women feel like a kid I'm 109 00:06:04,310 --> 00:06:08,569 thinking that's enough John Brown was 110 00:06:08,569 --> 00:06:10,490 strongly disapproved off by the court 111 00:06:10,490 --> 00:06:12,650 but his over familiarity with the 112 00:06:12,650 --> 00:06:15,169 subject but he gave her the reassurance 113 00:06:15,169 --> 00:06:18,169 and protection she appeared to need his 114 00:06:18,169 --> 00:06:20,630 influence was the first step in her 115 00:06:20,630 --> 00:06:25,940 rehabilitation as dutiful sovereign the 116 00:06:25,940 --> 00:06:27,889 Queen's Highland servant was seen to 117 00:06:27,889 --> 00:06:30,889 adopt heirs when the mayor of Portsmouth 118 00:06:30,889 --> 00:06:32,720 arrived at Osborn with a request to the 119 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,300 Queen he was surprised by the way her 120 00:06:35,300 --> 00:06:37,639 answer was delivered the queen says 121 00:06:37,639 --> 00:06:40,550 suddenly not just ago my request was for 122 00:06:40,550 --> 00:06:42,710 the Queen did I wish the Queen Stiles is 123 00:06:42,710 --> 00:06:50,750 busy but nothing Brown did seem to alter 124 00:06:50,750 --> 00:06:53,780 the Queen's affection for you first he 125 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:55,699 raised his salary from a hundred and 126 00:06:55,699 --> 00:06:58,580 twenty pounds year to 150 and then he 127 00:06:58,580 --> 00:07:00,620 was paid three hundred and ten pounds 128 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:03,969 and finally four hundred 129 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,270 the cruel title of mrs. Brown reflected 130 00:07:12,270 --> 00:07:14,280 the discontent now being felt within the 131 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,440 country at least the queen in her 132 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:18,540 seclusion was aware she was unpopular 133 00:07:18,540 --> 00:07:21,240 when the ruling Liberal Party failed to 134 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,550 pass the second reform bill a measure 135 00:07:23,550 --> 00:07:25,050 that would have put a million new 136 00:07:25,050 --> 00:07:27,449 householders mainly the middle classes 137 00:07:27,449 --> 00:07:29,669 onto the Electoral Register the Queen 138 00:07:29,669 --> 00:07:31,740 knew that the discontent amounted to 139 00:07:31,740 --> 00:07:34,940 republicanism when an incoming 140 00:07:34,940 --> 00:07:37,229 Conservative government promised to try 141 00:07:37,229 --> 00:07:39,900 to enact the new reform bill the Queen 142 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:41,760 decided she should open the new 143 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,130 parliamentary session it was the first 144 00:07:44,130 --> 00:07:46,350 time in nearly six years she'd been seen 145 00:07:46,350 --> 00:07:48,840 in two state occasion the battle for the 146 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,360 second reform bill one great festes for 147 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,880 Disraeli who successfully steered it 148 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:55,410 through the Commons for the Conservative 149 00:07:55,410 --> 00:07:58,500 Party Queen Victoria gave her assent to 150 00:07:58,500 --> 00:08:02,430 the new Act in August 1867 and here's 151 00:08:02,430 --> 00:08:05,479 her signature on the Royal Commission at 152 00:08:05,479 --> 00:08:08,760 a stroke it doubled the number of people 153 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,520 entitled to vote although the Queen 154 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,650 wasn't aware of it at the time the 155 00:08:13,650 --> 00:08:15,960 passing of this bill would help to shift 156 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,910 power into the hands of the electorate 157 00:08:21,060 --> 00:08:24,090 the Queen's troubles did not go away 158 00:08:24,090 --> 00:08:27,160 Finian's who are Irish Republicans based 159 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,560 in America were involved in terrorist 160 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:31,560 incidents up and down the country 161 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,029 Ireland which was still part of the 162 00:08:34,029 --> 00:08:35,979 United Kingdom was the key issue for 163 00:08:35,979 --> 00:08:38,110 William Gladstone the leader of the 164 00:08:38,110 --> 00:08:40,990 Opposition Liberal Party his long-term 165 00:08:40,990 --> 00:08:44,470 plan was Irish self-government an idea 166 00:08:44,470 --> 00:08:48,490 that horrified the Queen then the 167 00:08:48,490 --> 00:08:50,770 government reported that finials was 168 00:08:50,770 --> 00:08:52,600 secretly planning to kidnap the Queen 169 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,339 from Osbourne make sure you cover all 170 00:08:54,339 --> 00:08:55,510 the with all the way down to the 171 00:08:55,510 --> 00:08:58,660 maintain they begged her to go to the 172 00:08:58,660 --> 00:09:01,180 safety of Windsor Castle the Queen 173 00:09:01,180 --> 00:09:03,580 refused believing that it was only apply 174 00:09:03,580 --> 00:09:06,180 to Esau back into affairs of State 175 00:09:06,180 --> 00:09:09,040 instead she allowed police to be posted 176 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:10,420 in the grounds of the park 177 00:09:10,420 --> 00:09:13,950 provided that Brown could organize them 178 00:09:13,950 --> 00:09:16,450 when the plot turned out to be a hoax 179 00:09:16,450 --> 00:09:19,740 the Queen felt triumphant leave it 180 00:09:19,740 --> 00:09:21,990 with some relief the queen was able to 181 00:09:21,990 --> 00:09:23,700 ask Disraeli to become Prime Minister 182 00:09:23,700 --> 00:09:25,800 when the present Conservative leader 183 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,560 became ill she was overwhelmed by his 184 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:30,690 exotic appearance when he was sworn in 185 00:09:30,690 --> 00:09:34,080 at Osborn he is full of poetry romance 186 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:36,540 and chivalry when he knelt down to kiss 187 00:09:36,540 --> 00:09:39,270 my hand which he took in this is he said 188 00:09:39,270 --> 00:09:43,880 in loving loyalty and faith mom 189 00:09:52,390 --> 00:09:54,149 there began an extraordinary 190 00:09:54,149 --> 00:09:56,320 relationship between sovereign and Prime 191 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,930 Minister Disraeli needed the support of 192 00:09:58,930 --> 00:10:00,190 the Queen in his duel with the 193 00:10:00,190 --> 00:10:01,990 opposition leader his great rival 194 00:10:01,990 --> 00:10:03,310 William Gladstone 195 00:10:03,310 --> 00:10:05,890 so Disraeli set out to flatter and charm 196 00:10:05,890 --> 00:10:08,920 the grieving widow as long as we are 197 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,140 advised of your proposals you see we 198 00:10:11,140 --> 00:10:13,510 need to know can you hope that in the 199 00:10:13,510 --> 00:10:15,370 great affairs of stage your Majesty will 200 00:10:15,370 --> 00:10:18,370 deign not to withhold from him the 201 00:10:18,370 --> 00:10:22,019 benefit of your Majesty's guide 202 00:10:28,290 --> 00:10:31,140 Disraeli was also a popular novelist and 203 00:10:31,140 --> 00:10:33,540 he made sure the Queen was provided with 204 00:10:33,540 --> 00:10:36,000 graphic inside details and all the 205 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,330 gossip from parliament but the idiot 206 00:10:39,330 --> 00:10:41,700 came to an end the Queen was informed 207 00:10:41,700 --> 00:10:43,290 that Israeli had been defeated in the 208 00:10:43,290 --> 00:10:45,210 House by Gladstone and was offering to 209 00:10:45,210 --> 00:10:48,030 resign in desperation she implored him 210 00:10:48,030 --> 00:10:49,740 to carry on until the new electoral 211 00:10:49,740 --> 00:10:52,710 register was ready but Disraeli lost the 212 00:10:52,710 --> 00:10:55,230 ensuing general election the Monarchs 213 00:10:55,230 --> 00:10:57,270 traditional power to have a say in the 214 00:10:57,270 --> 00:11:01,490 choice of government was over forever 215 00:11:02,420 --> 00:11:05,430 the Queen had lost out to the will of 216 00:11:05,430 --> 00:11:08,120 the newly enlarged electorate as 217 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,560 Disraeli gracefully bowed himself out of 218 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:13,350 the Queen's presence Gladstone his great 219 00:11:13,350 --> 00:11:16,530 rival marched in the Stiles couldn't 220 00:11:16,530 --> 00:11:19,200 have differed more William Glasson was a 221 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,960 populist his power rested with his party 222 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:26,610 machine fed by the new electorate mom 223 00:11:26,610 --> 00:11:28,710 the primary mission of my government 224 00:11:28,710 --> 00:11:31,680 would be to pacify Ireland if I'm a 225 00:11:31,680 --> 00:11:34,130 readout bomb my proposed new palette 226 00:11:34,130 --> 00:11:37,940 Lord Chancellor 227 00:11:38,290 --> 00:11:40,300 Gladstone had been advised by his wife 228 00:11:40,300 --> 00:11:43,570 to pet the Queen instead he read her 229 00:11:43,570 --> 00:11:45,880 lists made speeches and treated her like 230 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:46,779 a rubber stamp 231 00:11:46,779 --> 00:11:51,490 Lord Chancellor mom Lord Hathaway Lord 232 00:11:51,490 --> 00:11:53,589 President of the Council held gray 233 00:11:53,589 --> 00:11:57,389 ribbon Lord privy seal at mr. 234 00:12:00,230 --> 00:12:02,750 she reacted predictably and went into 235 00:12:02,750 --> 00:12:05,360 retirement again and began writing and 236 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,070 illustrating a book about her life in 237 00:12:07,070 --> 00:12:09,410 the highlands in which brown feeds it 238 00:12:09,410 --> 00:12:11,709 strong 239 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,959 now as a direct result of the Queen's 240 00:12:16,959 --> 00:12:19,149 continuing seclusion a much more 241 00:12:19,149 --> 00:12:21,130 determined four publican movement with 242 00:12:21,130 --> 00:12:23,890 growing in the country the Marseillaise 243 00:12:23,890 --> 00:12:25,930 was sung in Trafalgar Square to 244 00:12:25,930 --> 00:12:29,170 celebrate a new French Republic and a 245 00:12:29,170 --> 00:12:31,600 pamphlet was published entitled what 246 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,700 does she do with it asking how the Queen 247 00:12:33,700 --> 00:12:35,470 used the money voted to her by 248 00:12:35,470 --> 00:12:39,130 Parliament there was a family conspiracy 249 00:12:39,130 --> 00:12:41,760 to try to get the Queen back to duty 250 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,490 Princess Victoria her eldest daughter 251 00:12:44,490 --> 00:12:47,470 organised a secret round robin to be 252 00:12:47,470 --> 00:12:49,240 signed by seven of her brothers and 253 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:53,500 sisters in the following terms those of 254 00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:55,990 us who are abroad and only here now and 255 00:12:55,990 --> 00:12:58,110 then of what's going on in England are 256 00:12:58,110 --> 00:13:00,700 startled at the murmurs of discontent 257 00:13:00,700 --> 00:13:03,940 which reaches those of us who live at 258 00:13:03,940 --> 00:13:06,519 home are the unwilling and grieving 259 00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:08,769 witnesses of criticism which are 260 00:13:08,769 --> 00:13:11,920 agonizing to us to hear the dangers 261 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,890 which are daily spreading will crush the 262 00:13:14,890 --> 00:13:18,370 monarchy and the dynasty but the letter 263 00:13:18,370 --> 00:13:19,800 was never delivered 264 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,760 perhaps they were too frightened 265 00:13:24,850 --> 00:13:28,910 in 1871 for reasons beyond her control 266 00:13:28,910 --> 00:13:31,459 Queen Victoria suddenly found herself 267 00:13:31,459 --> 00:13:35,329 back in favor with the public the Prince 268 00:13:35,329 --> 00:13:39,410 of Wales had fallen ill with typhoid the 269 00:13:39,410 --> 00:13:42,920 Queen rushed to his bedside at his home 270 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,300 in Sandin fear gripped the nation 271 00:13:46,300 --> 00:13:48,769 because the 14th of December was 272 00:13:48,769 --> 00:13:51,230 approaching which would have been 10 273 00:13:51,230 --> 00:13:54,320 years to the day since Prince Albert had 274 00:13:54,320 --> 00:14:01,250 died of typhoid hidden behind the screen 275 00:14:01,250 --> 00:14:03,529 so that her son wouldn't see her the 276 00:14:03,529 --> 00:14:07,630 Queen wrote fearfully December 10th 1871 277 00:14:07,630 --> 00:14:10,880 the feeling shown by the whole nation is 278 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,100 quite marvelous and this touching and 279 00:14:13,100 --> 00:14:22,459 striking and on December the 13th this 280 00:14:22,459 --> 00:14:24,170 railing has been the worst day of all 281 00:14:24,170 --> 00:14:26,810 and coming so close to the sad 14th 282 00:14:26,810 --> 00:14:29,449 field s and I believe the whole country 283 00:14:29,449 --> 00:14:32,829 with anxious forebodings 284 00:14:37,330 --> 00:14:40,970 finally on December the 14th this 285 00:14:40,970 --> 00:14:43,610 dreadful anniversary the temps returned 286 00:14:43,610 --> 00:14:47,180 again instead it brought the cherry news 287 00:14:47,180 --> 00:14:49,250 that dear Bertie had slept quietly at 288 00:14:49,250 --> 00:14:51,650 intervals the respiration much easier 289 00:14:51,650 --> 00:14:54,260 the whole country breathed a sigh of 290 00:14:54,260 --> 00:14:58,550 relief on the way to sin pause for a 291 00:14:58,550 --> 00:15:00,230 Thanksgiving service the show of 292 00:15:00,230 --> 00:15:02,960 affection amazed the Queen dressed in 293 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,240 black and wearing only a simple bonnet 294 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:07,760 she drove in an open carriage to enable 295 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:12,620 the people to see her properly then two 296 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:15,230 days later another near tragedy touched 297 00:15:15,230 --> 00:15:17,570 the Queen as she was alighting from her 298 00:15:17,570 --> 00:15:20,120 carriage outside Buckingham Palace Brown 299 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,490 had got down to let down the steps when 300 00:15:22,490 --> 00:15:25,310 suddenly a semi hit my side then I 301 00:15:25,310 --> 00:15:26,960 perceived that it was someone aren't 302 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,450 known with an uplifted count in 303 00:15:29,450 --> 00:15:32,060 voluntarily in a terrible fright I threw 304 00:15:32,060 --> 00:15:35,390 myself over Lady Jane church I soon 305 00:15:35,390 --> 00:15:37,670 recovered myself to stand up and I saw 306 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:40,340 Bram holding a I married I claimed who 307 00:15:40,340 --> 00:15:47,210 was struggling they flipped the ham ham 308 00:15:47,210 --> 00:15:50,150 dropped something look there it is 309 00:15:50,150 --> 00:15:53,440 I then did see shining and round a small 310 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:58,070 historic this filled us with hard it is 311 00:15:58,070 --> 00:16:01,160 to would brown to his wonderful presence 312 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,920 of mind but I've greatly owners safety 313 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,680 for he alone saw the boy brush rounding 314 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:07,900 holiday 315 00:16:07,900 --> 00:16:10,900 the young man was a Fenian it was the 316 00:16:10,900 --> 00:16:13,720 sixth attempt on the Queen's life she 317 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,420 was severely shaken but her prestige in 318 00:16:16,420 --> 00:16:19,360 the country rocketed in the space of a 319 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,870 few weeks republicanism was dead the 320 00:16:22,870 --> 00:16:26,370 royalty problem had been swept away the 321 00:16:26,370 --> 00:16:29,200 faithful John Brown was awarded the 322 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,620 Victoria devoted Service Medal 323 00:16:31,620 --> 00:16:35,200 he's the only recipient of that honor in 324 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,590 history 325 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,260 we have a large conservative majority 326 00:16:52,260 --> 00:16:54,760 change of ministry will take place 327 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:58,810 shortly mr. Gladstone is contrived to 328 00:16:58,810 --> 00:17:04,180 alienate the front it was February 1874 329 00:17:04,180 --> 00:17:06,099 and Israeli had won the general election 330 00:17:06,099 --> 00:17:08,770 for the Conservatives at his swearing-in 331 00:17:08,770 --> 00:17:10,569 the Queen treated him like a long-lost 332 00:17:10,569 --> 00:17:13,240 friend thirteen years after the death of 333 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,430 the Prince Consort she was no longer in 334 00:17:15,430 --> 00:17:18,609 deep despair I saw mr. Disraeli at 335 00:17:18,609 --> 00:17:21,369 quarter to three today he knelt down and 336 00:17:21,369 --> 00:17:24,910 kissed him sang I pledged my trust to 337 00:17:24,910 --> 00:17:29,140 the kindest of instances never the 338 00:17:29,140 --> 00:17:33,000 sovereign wishes should be done 339 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,580 the Queen's wishes were simple with 340 00:17:36,580 --> 00:17:38,740 Disraeli now at her side she needed to 341 00:17:38,740 --> 00:17:40,990 fulfill her great destiny and that to 342 00:17:40,990 --> 00:17:43,539 the British people we had the largest 343 00:17:43,539 --> 00:17:45,909 fleet in the world a professional army 344 00:17:45,909 --> 00:17:48,700 and vast colonies that were the envy of 345 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:49,480 yo 346 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,149 now that the parliamentary parties had 347 00:17:52,149 --> 00:17:54,010 finally tempered the British crowns 348 00:17:54,010 --> 00:17:56,679 power her destiny lay in foreign affairs 349 00:17:56,679 --> 00:18:00,549 the Empire Israeli too could see sound 350 00:18:00,549 --> 00:18:03,279 reasons for patriotism the Conservative 351 00:18:03,279 --> 00:18:07,950 Party would become the party of Empire 352 00:18:08,490 --> 00:18:11,679 the Empire needed an empress and the 353 00:18:11,679 --> 00:18:13,720 Queen asked Israelis government to make 354 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,210 her Empress of India the brightest jewel 355 00:18:16,210 --> 00:18:20,529 in the imperial crown to mark the 356 00:18:20,529 --> 00:18:22,779 occasion the Queen sent the Prince of 357 00:18:22,779 --> 00:18:25,269 Wales out to India to preside over the 358 00:18:25,269 --> 00:18:28,889 celebrations given in her honor 359 00:18:31,670 --> 00:18:34,460 the prince became the incarnation of the 360 00:18:34,460 --> 00:18:36,440 British Raj and was treated everywhere 361 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,410 like a God missions for the poor were 362 00:18:39,410 --> 00:18:41,720 open and charity was dispensed in his 363 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:46,700 wake he was even given a pair of 364 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:51,520 elephants that later appeared at sandia 365 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,860 my thoughts much taken up with the great 366 00:18:54,860 --> 00:18:56,990 event at Delhi today where I am being 367 00:18:56,990 --> 00:19:00,080 proclaimed Empress of India I have for 368 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,480 the first time today sign to myself as 369 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:08,710 VR and I that day the first of January 370 00:19:08,710 --> 00:19:12,830 1877 she wrote New Year cards one went 371 00:19:12,830 --> 00:19:13,760 to Disraeli 372 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,940 bearing her initials VRI Victoria Regina 373 00:19:16,940 --> 00:19:22,820 at Emperor Asterix another was sent to 374 00:19:22,820 --> 00:19:26,840 John Brown to my best friend JB from his 375 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:32,780 best friend V our eye at about this time 376 00:19:32,780 --> 00:19:34,850 the Queen also gave Browne a locket 377 00:19:34,850 --> 00:19:37,340 containing some of her hair and some 378 00:19:37,340 --> 00:19:41,000 belonging to Prince console emblazoned 379 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:42,440 and enormous jewels 380 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,080 Queen Victoria gave a dinner that night 381 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,470 here in Windsor Castle the night she 382 00:19:48,470 --> 00:19:51,190 became Empress of India 383 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:54,560 Disraeli made a Florence speech praising 384 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,710 the Queen and when the Nile toast was 385 00:19:57,710 --> 00:19:58,400 proposed 386 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,630 he called out your Imperial Majesty 387 00:20:01,630 --> 00:20:05,030 whereupon to everyone's amazement the 388 00:20:05,030 --> 00:20:07,820 Empress rose and did a half curtsy to 389 00:20:07,820 --> 00:20:10,750 her Prime Minister 390 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,430 later the Queen had the durbar room 391 00:20:17,430 --> 00:20:20,400 added at osborne house it looks like an 392 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,890 indian temple but its architecture is 393 00:20:22,890 --> 00:20:24,840 rather surprising sitting in the middle 394 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:29,970 of the island light the queen was 395 00:20:29,970 --> 00:20:33,330 mesmerised by india the corridor next to 396 00:20:33,330 --> 00:20:35,370 the devil room is lined with portraits 397 00:20:35,370 --> 00:20:38,460 of her Indian subjects as well as 398 00:20:38,460 --> 00:20:41,280 Maharaja's in their magnificent costumes 399 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,920 she commissioned pictures of ordinary 400 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:48,510 people here we see soldiers a Potter at 401 00:20:48,510 --> 00:20:52,380 the age of 102 a carpet weaver silk 402 00:20:52,380 --> 00:20:56,010 spinner coppersmith servants farmers and 403 00:20:56,010 --> 00:20:58,680 children they represent the close 404 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:00,990 affection the Queen Victoria held for 405 00:21:00,990 --> 00:21:06,570 the people of her subcontinent the Queen 406 00:21:06,570 --> 00:21:08,070 took her role as mother will be 407 00:21:08,070 --> 00:21:11,100 empowered seriously a chieftain from the 408 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:13,560 Gold Coast digital and asked whether he 409 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:15,240 could take back one of her morning 410 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,150 bonnets to Africa as a ceremonial crime 411 00:21:18,150 --> 00:21:22,200 almighty Queen give me unknown the right 412 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:27,260 to wear it and this asked my successors 413 00:21:27,260 --> 00:21:31,310 the Queen was happy to oblige 414 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,380 Disraeli is foreign policy echoed the 415 00:21:37,380 --> 00:21:39,990 Sultan's grand vision received a box 416 00:21:39,990 --> 00:21:42,390 from mr. Disraeli with a very important 417 00:21:42,390 --> 00:21:44,280 news that the government had purchased 418 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,590 the Viceroy of Egypt shares in the Suez 419 00:21:46,590 --> 00:21:49,470 Canal for 4 million pounds which gives 420 00:21:49,470 --> 00:21:53,160 us complete security for India it is 421 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,909 entirely mr. Disraeli is doing 422 00:21:56,909 --> 00:22:02,169 it is just settled you have it madam the 423 00:22:02,169 --> 00:22:03,759 French government has been out 424 00:22:03,759 --> 00:22:07,720 generalized next day Disraeli with a 425 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,639 theatrical flourish presented the queen 426 00:22:09,639 --> 00:22:12,309 with share certificates the Suez Canal 427 00:22:12,309 --> 00:22:14,440 coup was entirely the doing how mr. 428 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,869 Disraeli who has very lofty views of the 429 00:22:16,869 --> 00:22:19,570 positioned country should hold his mind 430 00:22:19,570 --> 00:22:23,049 so much greater larger so much quicker 431 00:22:23,049 --> 00:22:26,559 than that of mr. Gladstone and Israeli 432 00:22:26,559 --> 00:22:28,720 was asked to sit the first Prime 433 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,669 Minister to do so at a Queen's audience 434 00:22:30,669 --> 00:22:33,999 since Lord Melbourne 40 years before the 435 00:22:33,999 --> 00:22:37,480 queen of Six there was a new woman no 436 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,080 longer eaten up by grief she was working 437 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,289 harder than she ever worked in her life 438 00:22:43,289 --> 00:22:45,639 she was immensely popular with her 439 00:22:45,639 --> 00:22:48,100 people and her armies and they approved 440 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:50,549 of her vision of imperial power 441 00:22:50,549 --> 00:22:52,779 Disraeli may have given her the 442 00:22:52,779 --> 00:22:54,789 impression she received a permanent 443 00:22:54,789 --> 00:22:57,100 position overseeing the empire but 444 00:22:57,100 --> 00:23:00,330 Gladstone had other ideas 445 00:23:02,100 --> 00:23:04,179 preparing for the fast approaching 446 00:23:04,179 --> 00:23:06,940 general election in 1880 Gladstone was 447 00:23:06,940 --> 00:23:09,129 making a series of electrifying speeches 448 00:23:09,129 --> 00:23:11,190 in his Midlothian constituency and 449 00:23:11,190 --> 00:23:12,460 elsewhere 450 00:23:12,460 --> 00:23:15,279 he attacked the colonial wars which had 451 00:23:15,279 --> 00:23:17,200 done so much for the prestige of the 452 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,929 Queen and the country pleading for the 453 00:23:19,929 --> 00:23:22,419 rights of the Savage he denounced the 454 00:23:22,419 --> 00:23:24,970 title of Empress of India as theatrical 455 00:23:24,970 --> 00:23:28,809 bombast and folly by appealing directly 456 00:23:28,809 --> 00:23:30,610 to the nation in this way the Queen 457 00:23:30,610 --> 00:23:32,679 believed that Gladstone was usurping her 458 00:23:32,679 --> 00:23:35,320 will but when the Liberal Party won the 459 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,330 election the Queen was faced with the 460 00:23:37,330 --> 00:23:40,119 alarming prospect of Gladstone as Prime 461 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,080 Minister again 462 00:23:43,450 --> 00:23:45,940 she will sooner abdicate them center 463 00:23:45,940 --> 00:23:48,790 that half-mad firebrand others but 464 00:23:48,790 --> 00:23:51,250 herself nice admitted his democratic 465 00:23:51,250 --> 00:23:54,760 rule but not agree 466 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:56,919 there must be no attempt to change the 467 00:23:56,919 --> 00:23:59,890 foreign policy no change in India and no 468 00:23:59,890 --> 00:24:09,280 hasty retreat from Afghanistan with 469 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,500 gladstone in power again the Queen 470 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:14,350 became less interested in affairs of 471 00:24:14,350 --> 00:24:17,559 state when she was spending time at 472 00:24:17,559 --> 00:24:20,860 Balmoral she often preferred to stay 473 00:24:20,860 --> 00:24:23,919 here at the glass old her house on Lok 474 00:24:23,919 --> 00:24:27,970 m'q some miles away from the castle at 475 00:24:27,970 --> 00:24:31,750 times this house was literally at the 476 00:24:31,750 --> 00:24:35,140 hub of the Empire it's modest rooms and 477 00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:37,960 simple furniture really rather humble 478 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,809 for the Empress of India 479 00:24:40,809 --> 00:24:43,690 then chemists series of tragic blows 480 00:24:43,690 --> 00:24:46,600 first her close friend Israeli died in 481 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:50,559 April 1881 such a loss is irreparable to 482 00:24:50,559 --> 00:24:54,130 me in the country to lose such a pillar 483 00:24:54,130 --> 00:24:59,340 of strength at such a time is dreadful 484 00:25:01,370 --> 00:25:03,830 then John Brown had to carry the Queen 485 00:25:03,830 --> 00:25:06,170 back into the castle after a fall at 486 00:25:06,170 --> 00:25:11,930 Windsor in March 1883 at less than two 487 00:25:11,930 --> 00:25:16,520 weeks later the dreadful news that my 488 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,100 good faithful Brown had passed away 489 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:22,250 early this morning it is the loss not 490 00:25:22,250 --> 00:25:27,610 only of a servant but of a real friend 491 00:25:27,610 --> 00:25:30,920 the shock the blow the blank the 492 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,530 constant missing at every turn of the 493 00:25:33,530 --> 00:25:36,260 worm strong powerful arm head almost 494 00:25:36,260 --> 00:25:39,460 stunned me and I am truly overwhelmed 495 00:25:39,460 --> 00:25:43,070 and now all is gone all is gone in this 496 00:25:43,070 --> 00:25:45,590 world and all seems unhinged again in 497 00:25:45,590 --> 00:25:49,640 thousands of ways such was the status of 498 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,030 John Brown when he died but wreaths were 499 00:25:53,030 --> 00:25:55,660 placed on his grave by princesses 500 00:25:55,660 --> 00:25:58,850 Empress's even he may have been only a 501 00:25:58,850 --> 00:26:01,310 simple Gilly without education but he 502 00:26:01,310 --> 00:26:02,960 was the only person in the household who 503 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,610 could make the Queen do what you didn't 504 00:26:04,610 --> 00:26:09,740 want when Prince Albert died a statue of 505 00:26:09,740 --> 00:26:12,770 him was placed on the Balmoral estate it 506 00:26:12,770 --> 00:26:15,670 faces the one of Queen Victoria 507 00:26:15,670 --> 00:26:18,140 remarkably enough just about here where 508 00:26:18,140 --> 00:26:20,900 I'm standing the Queen put another one 509 00:26:20,900 --> 00:26:25,310 up to John Brown when he died and so the 510 00:26:25,310 --> 00:26:27,230 three memorials together formed a 511 00:26:27,230 --> 00:26:32,120 triangle his statue was removed from the 512 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:34,250 triangle by King Edward the seventh when 513 00:26:34,250 --> 00:26:37,400 his mother died and tucked away here in 514 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:42,650 the woods the Queen at 65 was lonely but 515 00:26:42,650 --> 00:26:45,290 still resolute foreign policy remained 516 00:26:45,290 --> 00:26:47,540 her obsession and here she felt Gadsden 517 00:26:47,540 --> 00:26:50,120 was it his most neglectful when General 518 00:26:50,120 --> 00:26:52,010 Gordon was under siege from hostile 519 00:26:52,010 --> 00:26:54,740 troops in the Sudan she begged Gaston to 520 00:26:54,740 --> 00:26:58,130 send out a rescue column to Khartoum 521 00:26:58,130 --> 00:27:01,440 the Queen trembles for general Gordon's 522 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,559 safety if anything befall him the result 523 00:27:04,559 --> 00:27:10,320 will be awful six weeks later the Queen 524 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,780 was still questioning captain's policies 525 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,900 mr. blanton you told the Queen when we 526 00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:22,200 last met Gordon must be supported yet 527 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,420 what he asked for repeatedly nearly five 528 00:27:24,420 --> 00:27:27,990 weeks ago has been refused not the 529 00:27:27,990 --> 00:27:30,059 humanity sick for the honor of the 530 00:27:30,059 --> 00:27:33,140 government and the nation 531 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,190 when Gordon was murdered nearly a year 532 00:27:37,190 --> 00:27:39,560 later just before the relief column 533 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,840 finally arrived the country was an 534 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:46,880 uproar now from Osborn the Queen sent a 535 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:48,710 telegram to Gladstone it was 536 00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:50,990 deliberately uncoded for all the world 537 00:27:50,990 --> 00:27:53,930 to read saying to think that all this 538 00:27:53,930 --> 00:27:55,340 might have been prevented and many 539 00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:58,130 precious lives saved by earlier action 540 00:27:58,130 --> 00:28:01,550 is too frightful his army who have as 541 00:28:01,550 --> 00:28:03,110 the head of the nation to bear the 542 00:28:03,110 --> 00:28:07,040 humiliation the Gordon de baak was 543 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:08,780 responsible for bringing down the 544 00:28:08,780 --> 00:28:13,250 Gladstone government but in six months 545 00:28:13,250 --> 00:28:15,470 Gladstone was back and it was the issue 546 00:28:15,470 --> 00:28:17,810 of Irish self-government the Home Rule 547 00:28:17,810 --> 00:28:19,880 bill that did most to divide the country 548 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,210 and also Gladstone from the sovereign to 549 00:28:23,210 --> 00:28:25,820 Queen Victoria Home Rule was a threat to 550 00:28:25,820 --> 00:28:29,840 her empire ignoring her true 551 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,120 constitutional role the Queen set out in 552 00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:34,790 1886 to disrupt Home Rule by secretly 553 00:28:34,790 --> 00:28:36,410 working with a conservative opposition 554 00:28:36,410 --> 00:28:39,170 leader Lord Salisbury she was letting 555 00:28:39,170 --> 00:28:41,570 him see Gladstone's confidential cabinet 556 00:28:41,570 --> 00:28:43,490 papers to the Queen about the bills 557 00:28:43,490 --> 00:28:47,390 progress may its the Queen sends Lourdes 558 00:28:47,390 --> 00:28:49,280 sauce for the copy of mr. Gladstone's 559 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:50,120 letter to her 560 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,160 there was a very important cabinet 561 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:53,690 meeting to decide whether any 562 00:28:53,690 --> 00:28:55,430 concessions were to be made in the bill 563 00:28:55,430 --> 00:28:57,650 if they were made they would certainly 564 00:28:57,650 --> 00:29:01,640 be defeated this is the fast amount of 565 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:06,560 defeat please return the enclosed May 566 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,620 10th the Queen sends mr. Gladstone 567 00:29:09,620 --> 00:29:12,020 second letter received last night which 568 00:29:12,020 --> 00:29:16,180 she would also ask to have back 569 00:29:18,499 --> 00:29:21,480 the Queen was at Balmoral when the final 570 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:24,690 vote on home rule was taken but division 571 00:29:24,690 --> 00:29:27,210 within Gladstone zone party was making 572 00:29:27,210 --> 00:29:31,249 the bills progress increasingly unlikely 573 00:29:31,309 --> 00:29:34,740 did not sleep well as I felt worried and 574 00:29:34,740 --> 00:29:38,940 anxious when I got up a telegram was 575 00:29:38,940 --> 00:29:40,740 brought to me which gave the news that 576 00:29:40,740 --> 00:29:42,659 the government had been defeated by a 577 00:29:42,659 --> 00:29:46,259 majority of 30 cannot help feeling 578 00:29:46,259 --> 00:29:48,809 relieved and think it is the best for 579 00:29:48,809 --> 00:29:52,129 the interests of the country 580 00:29:55,650 --> 00:29:58,480 more than 30 years earlier and the 581 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,270 halcyon summer days at Osborn the Royal 582 00:30:01,270 --> 00:30:03,250 children gave a regular afternoon tea 583 00:30:03,250 --> 00:30:05,230 party and the swiss cottage for their 584 00:30:05,230 --> 00:30:08,850 parents the Queen and Prince Albert 585 00:30:12,820 --> 00:30:15,880 here in the children's own Playhouse the 586 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,039 Prince Consort conceived the grandiose 587 00:30:18,039 --> 00:30:21,159 scheme for his family his plan was to 588 00:30:21,159 --> 00:30:23,679 marry the family into royal houses on 589 00:30:23,679 --> 00:30:26,320 the continent his aim is to achieve 590 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,480 peace and influence in Europe 591 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:32,809 and here you can see demonstrated the 592 00:30:32,809 --> 00:30:35,480 Prince Consort greatest vision this 593 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,580 famous photograph was taken by Queen 594 00:30:37,580 --> 00:30:40,279 Victoria went to Coburg to attend a 595 00:30:40,279 --> 00:30:42,980 family wedding over 30 years later in 596 00:30:42,980 --> 00:30:44,529 1894 597 00:30:44,529 --> 00:30:48,320 there are cousins from Russia here's the 598 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:54,500 Tsar Germany the Kaiser Romania as well 599 00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:56,929 as connections with Spain and with 600 00:30:56,929 --> 00:30:58,340 Greece and Denmark 601 00:30:58,340 --> 00:31:00,830 my great-grandfather King up at the 7th 602 00:31:00,830 --> 00:31:04,370 to be all these people are related to 603 00:31:04,370 --> 00:31:07,460 Queen Victoria but closer analysis of 604 00:31:07,460 --> 00:31:10,250 the picture shows how the dream was 605 00:31:10,250 --> 00:31:13,700 about to shatter first he be married was 606 00:31:13,700 --> 00:31:16,490 Princess Victoria Vicky Prince Albert's 607 00:31:16,490 --> 00:31:19,519 eldest and favorite daughter at 17 she 608 00:31:19,519 --> 00:31:22,389 married Prince Frederick of Prussia the 609 00:31:22,389 --> 00:31:24,769 Prince Consort hoped that through this 610 00:31:24,769 --> 00:31:26,630 marriage the belligerent prussian 611 00:31:26,630 --> 00:31:28,429 descendancy would be tempered by a 612 00:31:28,429 --> 00:31:31,669 liberal constitutional monarchy instead 613 00:31:31,669 --> 00:31:33,830 the worst happened and the couple 614 00:31:33,830 --> 00:31:36,649 produced a son Kaiser William sitting 615 00:31:36,649 --> 00:31:39,710 here with the wax moustaches he was the 616 00:31:39,710 --> 00:31:42,409 Queen's German grandson and it was he 617 00:31:42,409 --> 00:31:44,330 who led his armies against Britain in 618 00:31:44,330 --> 00:31:45,649 the First World War 619 00:31:45,649 --> 00:31:49,519 please advise me how to say we would 620 00:31:49,519 --> 00:31:52,700 like to send a letter to the Viceroy 621 00:31:52,700 --> 00:31:58,850 come Viceroy go home Viceroy go big cut 622 00:31:58,850 --> 00:32:02,690 it cut cut Your Majesty 623 00:32:02,690 --> 00:32:04,880 the sovereign began to learn Hindustani 624 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,799 so she could deal with indian affairs of 625 00:32:06,799 --> 00:32:09,139 state suddenly another strange figure 626 00:32:09,139 --> 00:32:12,860 came into the Queen's life and helped to 627 00:32:12,860 --> 00:32:16,220 send a telegram to the Viceroy home 628 00:32:16,220 --> 00:32:19,639 Viceroy cool Abdul Karim was engaged as 629 00:32:19,639 --> 00:32:22,549 a teacher and Indian secretary forever 630 00:32:22,549 --> 00:32:25,039 at her side he now took the place of his 631 00:32:25,039 --> 00:32:32,690 own brow abdul karim known as the 632 00:32:32,690 --> 00:32:35,029 Munchie or teacher was disliked by the 633 00:32:35,029 --> 00:32:38,350 court as much as bran 634 00:32:39,410 --> 00:32:43,250 in early 1894 the Queen's LDAP restrict 635 00:32:43,250 --> 00:32:45,620 Gladstone finally came to hand in his 636 00:32:45,620 --> 00:32:49,190 resignation he was 85 10 years older 637 00:32:49,190 --> 00:32:52,130 than the Queen both had such poor 638 00:32:52,130 --> 00:32:53,870 eyesight they could scarcely see each 639 00:32:53,870 --> 00:32:57,410 other and although gladsome had served 640 00:32:57,410 --> 00:32:59,300 the Queen as her prime minister a record 641 00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:02,810 four times at his final audience the 642 00:33:02,810 --> 00:33:05,080 Queen uttered not a word of that 643 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,940 she had much difficulty in finding 644 00:33:07,940 --> 00:33:11,450 topics for an adequate prolongation but 645 00:33:11,450 --> 00:33:14,030 fog and rain and a coming journey to it 646 00:33:14,030 --> 00:33:17,210 all did that duty and hoped she was at 647 00:33:17,210 --> 00:33:21,050 the highest point of her cheerfulness in 648 00:33:21,050 --> 00:33:23,870 a miserable day outside again today mr. 649 00:33:23,870 --> 00:33:30,110 Johnston my journey to Italy shortly 650 00:33:30,110 --> 00:33:33,340 should be very good for my health and 651 00:33:33,340 --> 00:33:37,630 for the sake of the country 652 00:33:40,089 --> 00:33:42,499 Gladstone's great power had come with 653 00:33:42,499 --> 00:33:44,450 the birth of the nation's first modern 654 00:33:44,450 --> 00:33:47,479 party democracy it had made the two of 655 00:33:47,479 --> 00:33:49,549 them needless rivals for the country's 656 00:33:49,549 --> 00:33:52,609 affection with Gladstone's passing the 657 00:33:52,609 --> 00:33:54,710 Queen was at last prepared to assume a 658 00:33:54,710 --> 00:33:57,019 role of prestige and influence rather 659 00:33:57,019 --> 00:33:59,539 than power a pattern followed by 660 00:33:59,539 --> 00:34:06,200 sovereigns ever since in June 1897 the 661 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:07,940 60th anniversary of the Queen's 662 00:34:07,940 --> 00:34:10,190 accession the might of the British 663 00:34:10,190 --> 00:34:12,949 Empire was on parade in London the 664 00:34:12,949 --> 00:34:16,219 Queen's Diamond Jubilee here the Queen 665 00:34:16,219 --> 00:34:18,199 had no need to exert her power over 666 00:34:18,199 --> 00:34:20,960 difficult politician as mother of the 667 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,000 Empire her influence was there for all 668 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,000 to see and she was clearly moved by the 669 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,389 occasion and never to be forgotten day 670 00:34:29,389 --> 00:34:32,690 no one ever I believe has met with such 671 00:34:32,690 --> 00:34:35,599 an ovation which was given me passing 672 00:34:35,599 --> 00:34:38,210 through those six miles of streets the 673 00:34:38,210 --> 00:34:41,029 crowd was quite indescribable and their 674 00:34:41,029 --> 00:34:43,819 enthusiasm truly marvelous and deeply 675 00:34:43,819 --> 00:34:46,730 touching every face seemed to be filled 676 00:34:46,730 --> 00:34:50,199 with real joy I was much moved and 677 00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:55,339 gratified surrounded by a mounted escort 678 00:34:55,339 --> 00:34:58,339 of various members of her family from 679 00:34:58,339 --> 00:34:59,480 all over the world 680 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,599 Queen Victoria arrived in her carriage 681 00:35:02,599 --> 00:35:05,450 as some Paul's Cathedral she was too 682 00:35:05,450 --> 00:35:07,849 arthritic to go up the steps so a 683 00:35:07,849 --> 00:35:10,819 special service was held outside with 684 00:35:10,819 --> 00:35:13,760 the Queen sitting here in her carriage 685 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,930 at the bottom 686 00:35:39,650 --> 00:35:42,259 that day for the first time the Queen 687 00:35:42,259 --> 00:35:44,509 used Telegraph to send her Jubilee 688 00:35:44,509 --> 00:35:47,749 message around the Empire from my heart 689 00:35:47,749 --> 00:35:51,380 I thanked my beloved people may God 690 00:35:51,380 --> 00:35:55,490 bless them eighty years old her eyesight 691 00:35:55,490 --> 00:35:57,950 failing the Queen still had one more 692 00:35:57,950 --> 00:36:00,380 service to perform with the outbreak of 693 00:36:00,380 --> 00:36:03,349 the Boer War in 1899 in South Africa she 694 00:36:03,349 --> 00:36:05,960 found a new lease of life rallying the 695 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,319 nation after a string of defeats staring 696 00:36:09,319 --> 00:36:11,059 memos were dispatched to her government 697 00:36:11,059 --> 00:36:15,440 and to her commanders I sincerely hope 698 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:18,289 that the increased taxation necessary to 699 00:36:18,289 --> 00:36:20,630 meet the expenses of the war will not 700 00:36:20,630 --> 00:36:24,589 fall upon the working classes the 701 00:36:24,589 --> 00:36:27,019 attempted relief of lady Smith would 702 00:36:27,019 --> 00:36:29,509 have succeeded had we had more troops 703 00:36:29,509 --> 00:36:32,539 read tapings and useless difficulties 704 00:36:32,539 --> 00:36:36,619 must not be regarded would not 705 00:36:36,619 --> 00:36:39,380 corrugated iron Hut's be used instead of 706 00:36:39,380 --> 00:36:41,829 tents 707 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:44,780 it is quite imperative that Lord Roberts 708 00:36:44,780 --> 00:36:47,480 should not move until he has plenty of 709 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:51,800 troops pray impress this on please let 710 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,140 me know what steps you intend to take to 711 00:36:54,140 --> 00:36:56,870 protect the Zulus from being attacked by 712 00:36:56,870 --> 00:36:59,750 the Boers we are bound in honor to stand 713 00:36:59,750 --> 00:37:03,860 by my native subject the Queen 714 00:37:03,860 --> 00:37:05,870 dispatched a hundred thousand tins of 715 00:37:05,870 --> 00:37:08,030 chocolate to the men at the front which 716 00:37:08,030 --> 00:37:12,070 promptly melted in the African Sun a 717 00:37:12,070 --> 00:37:15,560 period in December 1899 became known as 718 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:18,440 black week after three major defeats of 719 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:22,160 the British Army but Windsor the Queen 720 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:23,630 rose to the occasion 721 00:37:23,630 --> 00:37:25,730 telling the Foreign Secretary please 722 00:37:25,730 --> 00:37:28,040 understand there is no undepressed in 723 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:31,100 this house we are not interested in the 724 00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:34,610 possibilities of defeat they did not 725 00:37:34,610 --> 00:37:41,870 exist but black week coincided with the 726 00:37:41,870 --> 00:37:43,580 anniversary of the death of Prince 727 00:37:43,580 --> 00:37:45,980 Albert and privately the Queen showed 728 00:37:45,980 --> 00:37:48,140 her real feelings when she visited the 729 00:37:48,140 --> 00:37:52,730 mausoleum at Frogmore already 38 years 730 00:37:52,730 --> 00:37:54,920 since the dreadful catastrophe which 731 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:58,160 crushed and changed my life and deprived 732 00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:02,360 me of my guardian angel feel very low 733 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:08,450 and anxious about the war by Christmas 734 00:38:08,450 --> 00:38:11,870 1900 the Queen was not well she was 735 00:38:11,870 --> 00:38:16,090 sleeping badly eating nothing 736 00:38:16,539 --> 00:38:19,430 on Christmas Eve she came down to the 737 00:38:19,430 --> 00:38:21,200 durbar roma cause born to see the 738 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,630 distribution of presents but could only 739 00:38:23,630 --> 00:38:26,630 write I felt very melancholy because I 740 00:38:26,630 --> 00:38:29,809 see so badly I gave all my personal 741 00:38:29,809 --> 00:38:33,410 servants their usual presents I took a 742 00:38:33,410 --> 00:38:38,750 little sufferer in my room on January 743 00:38:38,750 --> 00:38:42,500 13th 1901 the Queen's Journal the diary 744 00:38:42,500 --> 00:38:45,079 she had written for 69 years finally 745 00:38:45,079 --> 00:38:48,859 came to an end with out before 1:00 in 746 00:38:48,859 --> 00:38:53,150 the garden chair luncheon and Beatrice 747 00:38:53,150 --> 00:38:54,700 going with me 748 00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:59,079 rested afterwards then did some signing 749 00:38:59,079 --> 00:39:02,390 the Queen was taken ill and she slowly 750 00:39:02,390 --> 00:39:05,119 began to sink from all over the country 751 00:39:05,119 --> 00:39:07,279 and from Europe members of her family 752 00:39:07,279 --> 00:39:10,880 began to assemble at Osborne house the 753 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,329 Queen lingered on for ten days and 754 00:39:13,329 --> 00:39:17,410 finally on the 22nd of January 1901 755 00:39:17,410 --> 00:39:19,309 learning that the end was near 756 00:39:19,309 --> 00:39:25,640 they began gathering at her bedside Sir 757 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,220 James read the Queen's doctor at her 758 00:39:28,220 --> 00:39:31,819 deathbed later wrote all the family was 759 00:39:31,819 --> 00:39:33,829 summoned and the Bishop of Winchester 760 00:39:33,829 --> 00:39:37,099 said prayers for the dying while I kept 761 00:39:37,099 --> 00:39:43,099 plying her with oxygen princesses 762 00:39:43,099 --> 00:39:45,950 Christian Louise and Beatrice kept 763 00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:48,289 mentioning each other's names the Queen 764 00:39:48,289 --> 00:39:51,650 for long too blind to see my path but 765 00:39:51,650 --> 00:39:55,180 now lead thou me on 766 00:39:59,500 --> 00:40:07,210 dear mama is Beatrice luncheon is closed 767 00:40:07,210 --> 00:40:09,540 too 768 00:40:17,620 --> 00:40:23,280 it's luncheon you're not alone 769 00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:37,030 it's Bertie 770 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:48,710 the Kaiser remained the whole time on 771 00:40:48,710 --> 00:40:51,140 the opposite side to me the Queen kept 772 00:40:51,140 --> 00:40:54,080 looking at me and frequently gasped sir 773 00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:59,210 James I'm very ill a few minutes before 774 00:40:59,210 --> 00:41:01,760 she died that eyes turned fixedly to the 775 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,650 right and gazed on the picture of Christ 776 00:41:03,650 --> 00:41:06,260 in the entombment of Christ over the 777 00:41:06,260 --> 00:41:12,950 fireplace she died with my arm round her 778 00:41:12,950 --> 00:41:16,850 I gently removed it led her down the 779 00:41:16,850 --> 00:41:21,650 pillar and kissed her hand when she died 780 00:41:21,650 --> 00:41:24,260 at 6:30 I had for the last hour been 781 00:41:24,260 --> 00:41:26,780 kneeling at the right side supporting 782 00:41:26,780 --> 00:41:29,870 her in a semi upright position helped by 783 00:41:29,870 --> 00:41:31,910 the kaiser note on the opposite side of 784 00:41:31,910 --> 00:41:34,420 the bed 785 00:41:34,839 --> 00:41:37,529 the Queen wanted a white funeral a 786 00:41:37,529 --> 00:41:40,089 picture of her was painted at Osborne 787 00:41:40,089 --> 00:41:42,400 looking serene in her final sleep 788 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,689 dressed in white 789 00:41:47,430 --> 00:41:49,920 the death of Queen Victoria marked the 790 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,809 end of one of the greatest eras in the 791 00:41:51,809 --> 00:41:54,480 history of this country but there was 792 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:57,029 one final twist she had left the secret 793 00:41:57,029 --> 00:41:59,069 list of keepsakes that she wanted placed 794 00:41:59,069 --> 00:42:00,029 in her coffin 795 00:42:00,029 --> 00:42:02,369 some of malbert and the children but 796 00:42:02,369 --> 00:42:04,740 there were others too she ordered Sir 797 00:42:04,740 --> 00:42:07,289 James read her doctor to hide them from 798 00:42:07,289 --> 00:42:13,200 everyone Sir James called in members of 799 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:17,309 the family to see her and Princess 800 00:42:17,309 --> 00:42:20,430 Alexandra was the last and she arranged 801 00:42:20,430 --> 00:42:24,359 white flowers if so she looked beautiful 802 00:42:24,359 --> 00:42:28,260 and then they all left and he put a 803 00:42:28,260 --> 00:42:32,069 photograph of John Brown in her left 804 00:42:32,069 --> 00:42:37,140 hand as per instructions and a lock of 805 00:42:37,140 --> 00:42:40,020 his hair which he wrapped up in tissue 806 00:42:40,020 --> 00:42:42,930 paper and then he covered her up with 807 00:42:42,930 --> 00:42:46,260 the white flowers which Queen Alexandra 808 00:42:46,260 --> 00:42:50,730 had put there and then he called in the 809 00:42:50,730 --> 00:42:52,619 rest of the members of the household to 810 00:42:52,619 --> 00:42:54,839 come do you think that the Queen 811 00:42:54,839 --> 00:42:57,059 Victoria's children were aware of some 812 00:42:57,059 --> 00:42:58,950 of the things that she'd been asked to 813 00:42:58,950 --> 00:43:01,670 have placed in her coffin no earned only 814 00:43:01,670 --> 00:43:05,160 maids and dresses and Sir James who did 815 00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:08,849 the arranging himself here they were for 816 00:43:08,849 --> 00:43:10,890 the first time these instructions they'd 817 00:43:10,890 --> 00:43:14,460 only been seen by Sir James and there's 818 00:43:14,460 --> 00:43:17,119 few dresses 819 00:43:24,740 --> 00:43:29,160 on a cold winter's day Queen Victoria 820 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:31,470 was finally buried in the Frogmore 821 00:43:31,470 --> 00:43:35,100 mausoleum in death she was at last 822 00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:38,100 reunited with the Prince Consort the man 823 00:43:38,100 --> 00:43:42,119 she'd always be in so devotedly the 824 00:43:42,119 --> 00:43:44,340 solitary statue of Prince Albert on his 825 00:43:44,340 --> 00:43:47,210 tomb was joined by one of the Queen 826 00:43:47,210 --> 00:43:51,420 ahead half turned towards him the Queen 827 00:43:51,420 --> 00:43:53,820 statue been carved years earlier when 828 00:43:53,820 --> 00:43:56,220 the Prince died so that you always 829 00:43:56,220 --> 00:44:00,020 remain in the likeness of a young 830 00:44:06,850 --> 00:44:09,140 inscribed above the door of the 831 00:44:09,140 --> 00:44:13,700 mausoleum in Latin are these words by 832 00:44:13,700 --> 00:44:16,600 Queen Victoria 833 00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:21,380 farewell best beloved here at last I 834 00:44:21,380 --> 00:44:24,800 shall rest with thee with thee in Christ 835 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:28,670 I shall rise again when the burial was 836 00:44:28,670 --> 00:44:33,320 over it began to snow the Queen had got 837 00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:36,730 her white funeral 838 00:44:47,069 --> 00:44:49,809 the tragic story of the last Tsar on 839 00:44:49,809 --> 00:44:51,849 Zarina of Russia is remembered tomorrow 840 00:44:51,849 --> 00:44:54,309 Nicholas and Alexandra that's at the 841 00:44:54,309 --> 00:44:56,650 same time coming up in a few minutes on 842 00:44:56,650 --> 00:44:58,829 UK history gaze upon the face of 843 00:44:58,829 --> 00:45:01,829 Tutankhamun 844 00:45:28,320 --> 00:00:00,000 you 93416

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