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you
with a loud scream on the night of the
14th of December 1861 Queen Victoria
gave first vent to her grief a lifetime
of mourning for her husband Albert the
Prince Consort
had begun that night the Prince Consort
died from typhoid Queen Victoria was my
great-great-grandmother there's no doubt
that the death of Prince Albert led to a
period of great uncertainty for the
monarchy and the country the Queen shut
herself away with her family and
household at Osbourne on the Isle of
Wight or Balmoral she came to Windsor
solely to visit the mausoleum here at
Frogmore and spent hours praying at this
great shrine she'd built for her husband
the green have become a recluse
immersing herself in green
the Queen wore black for the rest of her
life her court had to dress in Half Moon
even estate workers at Balmoral dressed
in black kilts shops in London ran out
of black material railings all over the
country were painted black and have
remained so ever since a whole industry
grew up supporting the cult of death
the Queen shot herself up at Osbourne
and refused to go to Windsor or
Buckingham Palace to be near the seat of
government without the gone she couldn't
cope it said she feared she was becoming
unhinged one morning at Osborn she was
heard shouting in desperation by an open
window
she struggled to do her duty Privy
Council meetings at Osborn was strange
Affairs first ministers had to travel
down from London to the Isle of Wight
following this letter
we must humbly submit that Your Majesty
will buy your order in council authorize
the transmitting of a draft of a Royal
Charter for erecting the British
settlement in the bay of Honduras into a
colony to be called the colony of
British Honduras approved we beg leave
most humbly to authorize a salary of the
officer in charge of the dockyard
at Deptford
approved
Queen Victoria's grief was terrible
she plunged the country into seemingly
endless mourning Buckingham Palace was
empty for two years and was eventually
boarded up son wagged put a notice on
the railings which said these commanding
premises to be let or sold in
consequence of the late occupants
declining business the Queen was no
longer doing what her public expected of
her
they were baffled and then angry her
ministers had very strong views but the
Queen's main concern was a national
memorial to her late husband her cause
and his skeptical House of Commons was
given a boost by an ambitious politician
Benjamin Disraeli who argued the
memorial should represent the character
of the prince himself in the harmony of
its proportions in the beauty of it
solomon and in its enduring nature so
that those who come after us may say
this was the type and testing me to a
sublime life and the transcendent career
all this was music to the Queen zero
later after Disraeli carried the vote
through Parliament he was invited along
with other ministers to the wedding of
the Queen's eldest son Bertie the Prince
of Wales to Princess Alexandra of
Denmark at Windsor the Queen in black
watched ghost like high up from the
gallery
after the ceremony there was the
obligatory photograph with a bust of
Prince Albert at the end of 1864 an
event at Osborne lifted the Queen from
her misery one morning she saw on the
terrace John Brown Prince Albert's
favorite Gilley from Balmoral the Queen
had asked that he be brought south to
help her take up horse riding again
that day Queen Victoria appeared happy
Braun was suddenly always at the Queen
side she refused to go anywhere without
him she felt safe with him and gave him
the title the Queen's Highland 7 answer
will end to herself but Braun the
swarthy Highlander became known as the
master of the cold and the shadow behind
the throne
Browns mana with his sovereign did
appear to be brother brewski again with
our old dress on you again for tis my
own green women feel like a kid I'm
thinking that's enough John Brown was
strongly disapproved off by the court
but his over familiarity with the
subject but he gave her the reassurance
and protection she appeared to need his
influence was the first step in her
rehabilitation as dutiful sovereign the
Queen's Highland servant was seen to
adopt heirs when the mayor of Portsmouth
arrived at Osborn with a request to the
Queen he was surprised by the way her
answer was delivered the queen says
suddenly not just ago my request was for
the Queen did I wish the Queen Stiles is
busy but nothing Brown did seem to alter
the Queen's affection for you first he
raised his salary from a hundred and
twenty pounds year to 150 and then he
was paid three hundred and ten pounds
and finally four hundred
the cruel title of mrs. Brown reflected
the discontent now being felt within the
country at least the queen in her
seclusion was aware she was unpopular
when the ruling Liberal Party failed to
pass the second reform bill a measure
that would have put a million new
householders mainly the middle classes
onto the Electoral Register the Queen
knew that the discontent amounted to
republicanism when an incoming
Conservative government promised to try
to enact the new reform bill the Queen
decided she should open the new
parliamentary session it was the first
time in nearly six years she'd been seen
in two state occasion the battle for the
second reform bill one great festes for
Disraeli who successfully steered it
through the Commons for the Conservative
Party Queen Victoria gave her assent to
the new Act in August 1867 and here's
her signature on the Royal Commission at
a stroke it doubled the number of people
entitled to vote although the Queen
wasn't aware of it at the time the
passing of this bill would help to shift
power into the hands of the electorate
the Queen's troubles did not go away
Finian's who are Irish Republicans based
in America were involved in terrorist
incidents up and down the country
Ireland which was still part of the
United Kingdom was the key issue for
William Gladstone the leader of the
Opposition Liberal Party his long-term
plan was Irish self-government an idea
that horrified the Queen then the
government reported that finials was
secretly planning to kidnap the Queen
from Osbourne make sure you cover all
the with all the way down to the
maintain they begged her to go to the
safety of Windsor Castle the Queen
refused believing that it was only apply
to Esau back into affairs of State
instead she allowed police to be posted
in the grounds of the park
provided that Brown could organize them
when the plot turned out to be a hoax
the Queen felt triumphant leave it
with some relief the queen was able to
ask Disraeli to become Prime Minister
when the present Conservative leader
became ill she was overwhelmed by his
exotic appearance when he was sworn in
at Osborn he is full of poetry romance
and chivalry when he knelt down to kiss
my hand which he took in this is he said
in loving loyalty and faith mom
there began an extraordinary
relationship between sovereign and Prime
Minister Disraeli needed the support of
the Queen in his duel with the
opposition leader his great rival
William Gladstone
so Disraeli set out to flatter and charm
the grieving widow as long as we are
advised of your proposals you see we
need to know can you hope that in the
great affairs of stage your Majesty will
deign not to withhold from him the
benefit of your Majesty's guide
Disraeli was also a popular novelist and
he made sure the Queen was provided with
graphic inside details and all the
gossip from parliament but the idiot
came to an end the Queen was informed
that Israeli had been defeated in the
House by Gladstone and was offering to
resign in desperation she implored him
to carry on until the new electoral
register was ready but Disraeli lost the
ensuing general election the Monarchs
traditional power to have a say in the
choice of government was over forever
the Queen had lost out to the will of
the newly enlarged electorate as
Disraeli gracefully bowed himself out of
the Queen's presence Gladstone his great
rival marched in the Stiles couldn't
have differed more William Glasson was a
populist his power rested with his party
machine fed by the new electorate mom
the primary mission of my government
would be to pacify Ireland if I'm a
readout bomb my proposed new palette
Lord Chancellor
Gladstone had been advised by his wife
to pet the Queen instead he read her
lists made speeches and treated her like
a rubber stamp
Lord Chancellor mom Lord Hathaway Lord
President of the Council held gray
ribbon Lord privy seal at mr.
she reacted predictably and went into
retirement again and began writing and
illustrating a book about her life in
the highlands in which brown feeds it
strong
now as a direct result of the Queen's
continuing seclusion a much more
determined four publican movement with
growing in the country the Marseillaise
was sung in Trafalgar Square to
celebrate a new French Republic and a
pamphlet was published entitled what
does she do with it asking how the Queen
used the money voted to her by
Parliament there was a family conspiracy
to try to get the Queen back to duty
Princess Victoria her eldest daughter
organised a secret round robin to be
signed by seven of her brothers and
sisters in the following terms those of
us who are abroad and only here now and
then of what's going on in England are
startled at the murmurs of discontent
which reaches those of us who live at
home are the unwilling and grieving
witnesses of criticism which are
agonizing to us to hear the dangers
which are daily spreading will crush the
monarchy and the dynasty but the letter
was never delivered
perhaps they were too frightened
in 1871 for reasons beyond her control
Queen Victoria suddenly found herself
back in favor with the public the Prince
of Wales had fallen ill with typhoid the
Queen rushed to his bedside at his home
in Sandin fear gripped the nation
because the 14th of December was
approaching which would have been 10
years to the day since Prince Albert had
died of typhoid hidden behind the screen
so that her son wouldn't see her the
Queen wrote fearfully December 10th 1871
the feeling shown by the whole nation is
quite marvelous and this touching and
striking and on December the 13th this
railing has been the worst day of all
and coming so close to the sad 14th
field s and I believe the whole country
with anxious forebodings
finally on December the 14th this
dreadful anniversary the temps returned
again instead it brought the cherry news
that dear Bertie had slept quietly at
intervals the respiration much easier
the whole country breathed a sigh of
relief on the way to sin pause for a
Thanksgiving service the show of
affection amazed the Queen dressed in
black and wearing only a simple bonnet
she drove in an open carriage to enable
the people to see her properly then two
days later another near tragedy touched
the Queen as she was alighting from her
carriage outside Buckingham Palace Brown
had got down to let down the steps when
suddenly a semi hit my side then I
perceived that it was someone aren't
known with an uplifted count in
voluntarily in a terrible fright I threw
myself over Lady Jane church I soon
recovered myself to stand up and I saw
Bram holding a I married I claimed who
was struggling they flipped the ham ham
dropped something look there it is
I then did see shining and round a small
historic this filled us with hard it is
to would brown to his wonderful presence
of mind but I've greatly owners safety
for he alone saw the boy brush rounding
holiday
the young man was a Fenian it was the
sixth attempt on the Queen's life she
was severely shaken but her prestige in
the country rocketed in the space of a
few weeks republicanism was dead the
royalty problem had been swept away the
faithful John Brown was awarded the
Victoria devoted Service Medal
he's the only recipient of that honor in
history
we have a large conservative majority
change of ministry will take place
shortly mr. Gladstone is contrived to
alienate the front it was February 1874
and Israeli had won the general election
for the Conservatives at his swearing-in
the Queen treated him like a long-lost
friend thirteen years after the death of
the Prince Consort she was no longer in
deep despair I saw mr. Disraeli at
quarter to three today he knelt down and
kissed him sang I pledged my trust to
the kindest of instances never the
sovereign wishes should be done
the Queen's wishes were simple with
Disraeli now at her side she needed to
fulfill her great destiny and that to
the British people we had the largest
fleet in the world a professional army
and vast colonies that were the envy of
yo
now that the parliamentary parties had
finally tempered the British crowns
power her destiny lay in foreign affairs
the Empire Israeli too could see sound
reasons for patriotism the Conservative
Party would become the party of Empire
the Empire needed an empress and the
Queen asked Israelis government to make
her Empress of India the brightest jewel
in the imperial crown to mark the
occasion the Queen sent the Prince of
Wales out to India to preside over the
celebrations given in her honor
the prince became the incarnation of the
British Raj and was treated everywhere
like a God missions for the poor were
open and charity was dispensed in his
wake he was even given a pair of
elephants that later appeared at sandia
my thoughts much taken up with the great
event at Delhi today where I am being
proclaimed Empress of India I have for
the first time today sign to myself as
VR and I that day the first of January
1877 she wrote New Year cards one went
to Disraeli
bearing her initials VRI Victoria Regina
at Emperor Asterix another was sent to
John Brown to my best friend JB from his
best friend V our eye at about this time
the Queen also gave Browne a locket
containing some of her hair and some
belonging to Prince console emblazoned
and enormous jewels
Queen Victoria gave a dinner that night
here in Windsor Castle the night she
became Empress of India
Disraeli made a Florence speech praising
the Queen and when the Nile toast was
proposed
he called out your Imperial Majesty
whereupon to everyone's amazement the
Empress rose and did a half curtsy to
her Prime Minister
later the Queen had the durbar room
added at osborne house it looks like an
indian temple but its architecture is
rather surprising sitting in the middle
of the island light the queen was
mesmerised by india the corridor next to
the devil room is lined with portraits
of her Indian subjects as well as
Maharaja's in their magnificent costumes
she commissioned pictures of ordinary
people here we see soldiers a Potter at
the age of 102 a carpet weaver silk
spinner coppersmith servants farmers and
children they represent the close
affection the Queen Victoria held for
the people of her subcontinent the Queen
took her role as mother will be
empowered seriously a chieftain from the
Gold Coast digital and asked whether he
could take back one of her morning
bonnets to Africa as a ceremonial crime
almighty Queen give me unknown the right
to wear it and this asked my successors
the Queen was happy to oblige
Disraeli is foreign policy echoed the
Sultan's grand vision received a box
from mr. Disraeli with a very important
news that the government had purchased
the Viceroy of Egypt shares in the Suez
Canal for 4 million pounds which gives
us complete security for India it is
entirely mr. Disraeli is doing
it is just settled you have it madam the
French government has been out
generalized next day Disraeli with a
theatrical flourish presented the queen
with share certificates the Suez Canal
coup was entirely the doing how mr.
Disraeli who has very lofty views of the
positioned country should hold his mind
so much greater larger so much quicker
than that of mr. Gladstone and Israeli
was asked to sit the first Prime
Minister to do so at a Queen's audience
since Lord Melbourne 40 years before the
queen of Six there was a new woman no
longer eaten up by grief she was working
harder than she ever worked in her life
she was immensely popular with her
people and her armies and they approved
of her vision of imperial power
Disraeli may have given her the
impression she received a permanent
position overseeing the empire but
Gladstone had other ideas
preparing for the fast approaching
general election in 1880 Gladstone was
making a series of electrifying speeches
in his Midlothian constituency and
elsewhere
he attacked the colonial wars which had
done so much for the prestige of the
Queen and the country pleading for the
rights of the Savage he denounced the
title of Empress of India as theatrical
bombast and folly by appealing directly
to the nation in this way the Queen
believed that Gladstone was usurping her
will but when the Liberal Party won the
election the Queen was faced with the
alarming prospect of Gladstone as Prime
Minister again
she will sooner abdicate them center
that half-mad firebrand others but
herself nice admitted his democratic
rule but not agree
there must be no attempt to change the
foreign policy no change in India and no
hasty retreat from Afghanistan with
gladstone in power again the Queen
became less interested in affairs of
state when she was spending time at
Balmoral she often preferred to stay
here at the glass old her house on Lok
m'q some miles away from the castle at
times this house was literally at the
hub of the Empire it's modest rooms and
simple furniture really rather humble
for the Empress of India
then chemists series of tragic blows
first her close friend Israeli died in
April 1881 such a loss is irreparable to
me in the country to lose such a pillar
of strength at such a time is dreadful
then John Brown had to carry the Queen
back into the castle after a fall at
Windsor in March 1883 at less than two
weeks later the dreadful news that my
good faithful Brown had passed away
early this morning it is the loss not
only of a servant but of a real friend
the shock the blow the blank the
constant missing at every turn of the
worm strong powerful arm head almost
stunned me and I am truly overwhelmed
and now all is gone all is gone in this
world and all seems unhinged again in
thousands of ways such was the status of
John Brown when he died but wreaths were
placed on his grave by princesses
Empress's even he may have been only a
simple Gilly without education but he
was the only person in the household who
could make the Queen do what you didn't
want when Prince Albert died a statue of
him was placed on the Balmoral estate it
faces the one of Queen Victoria
remarkably enough just about here where
I'm standing the Queen put another one
up to John Brown when he died and so the
three memorials together formed a
triangle his statue was removed from the
triangle by King Edward the seventh when
his mother died and tucked away here in
the woods the Queen at 65 was lonely but
still resolute foreign policy remained
her obsession and here she felt Gadsden
was it his most neglectful when General
Gordon was under siege from hostile
troops in the Sudan she begged Gaston to
send out a rescue column to Khartoum
the Queen trembles for general Gordon's
safety if anything befall him the result
will be awful six weeks later the Queen
was still questioning captain's policies
mr. blanton you told the Queen when we
last met Gordon must be supported yet
what he asked for repeatedly nearly five
weeks ago has been refused not the
humanity sick for the honor of the
government and the nation
when Gordon was murdered nearly a year
later just before the relief column
finally arrived the country was an
uproar now from Osborn the Queen sent a
telegram to Gladstone it was
deliberately uncoded for all the world
to read saying to think that all this
might have been prevented and many
precious lives saved by earlier action
is too frightful his army who have as
the head of the nation to bear the
humiliation the Gordon de baak was
responsible for bringing down the
Gladstone government but in six months
Gladstone was back and it was the issue
of Irish self-government the Home Rule
bill that did most to divide the country
and also Gladstone from the sovereign to
Queen Victoria Home Rule was a threat to
her empire ignoring her true
constitutional role the Queen set out in
1886 to disrupt Home Rule by secretly
working with a conservative opposition
leader Lord Salisbury she was letting
him see Gladstone's confidential cabinet
papers to the Queen about the bills
progress may its the Queen sends Lourdes
sauce for the copy of mr. Gladstone's
letter to her
there was a very important cabinet
meeting to decide whether any
concessions were to be made in the bill
if they were made they would certainly
be defeated this is the fast amount of
defeat please return the enclosed May
10th the Queen sends mr. Gladstone
second letter received last night which
she would also ask to have back
the Queen was at Balmoral when the final
vote on home rule was taken but division
within Gladstone zone party was making
the bills progress increasingly unlikely
did not sleep well as I felt worried and
anxious when I got up a telegram was
brought to me which gave the news that
the government had been defeated by a
majority of 30 cannot help feeling
relieved and think it is the best for
the interests of the country
more than 30 years earlier and the
halcyon summer days at Osborn the Royal
children gave a regular afternoon tea
party and the swiss cottage for their
parents the Queen and Prince Albert
here in the children's own Playhouse the
Prince Consort conceived the grandiose
scheme for his family his plan was to
marry the family into royal houses on
the continent his aim is to achieve
peace and influence in Europe
and here you can see demonstrated the
Prince Consort greatest vision this
famous photograph was taken by Queen
Victoria went to Coburg to attend a
family wedding over 30 years later in
1894
there are cousins from Russia here's the
Tsar Germany the Kaiser Romania as well
as connections with Spain and with
Greece and Denmark
my great-grandfather King up at the 7th
to be all these people are related to
Queen Victoria but closer analysis of
the picture shows how the dream was
about to shatter first he be married was
Princess Victoria Vicky Prince Albert's
eldest and favorite daughter at 17 she
married Prince Frederick of Prussia the
Prince Consort hoped that through this
marriage the belligerent prussian
descendancy would be tempered by a
liberal constitutional monarchy instead
the worst happened and the couple
produced a son Kaiser William sitting
here with the wax moustaches he was the
Queen's German grandson and it was he
who led his armies against Britain in
the First World War
please advise me how to say we would
like to send a letter to the Viceroy
come Viceroy go home Viceroy go big cut
it cut cut Your Majesty
the sovereign began to learn Hindustani
so she could deal with indian affairs of
state suddenly another strange figure
came into the Queen's life and helped to
send a telegram to the Viceroy home
Viceroy cool Abdul Karim was engaged as
a teacher and Indian secretary forever
at her side he now took the place of his
own brow abdul karim known as the
Munchie or teacher was disliked by the
court as much as bran
in early 1894 the Queen's LDAP restrict
Gladstone finally came to hand in his
resignation he was 85 10 years older
than the Queen both had such poor
eyesight they could scarcely see each
other and although gladsome had served
the Queen as her prime minister a record
four times at his final audience the
Queen uttered not a word of that
she had much difficulty in finding
topics for an adequate prolongation but
fog and rain and a coming journey to it
all did that duty and hoped she was at
the highest point of her cheerfulness in
a miserable day outside again today mr.
Johnston my journey to Italy shortly
should be very good for my health and
for the sake of the country
Gladstone's great power had come with
the birth of the nation's first modern
party democracy it had made the two of
them needless rivals for the country's
affection with Gladstone's passing the
Queen was at last prepared to assume a
role of prestige and influence rather
than power a pattern followed by
sovereigns ever since in June 1897 the
60th anniversary of the Queen's
accession the might of the British
Empire was on parade in London the
Queen's Diamond Jubilee here the Queen
had no need to exert her power over
difficult politician as mother of the
Empire her influence was there for all
to see and she was clearly moved by the
occasion and never to be forgotten day
no one ever I believe has met with such
an ovation which was given me passing
through those six miles of streets the
crowd was quite indescribable and their
enthusiasm truly marvelous and deeply
touching every face seemed to be filled
with real joy I was much moved and
gratified surrounded by a mounted escort
of various members of her family from
all over the world
Queen Victoria arrived in her carriage
as some Paul's Cathedral she was too
arthritic to go up the steps so a
special service was held outside with
the Queen sitting here in her carriage
at the bottom
that day for the first time the Queen
used Telegraph to send her Jubilee
message around the Empire from my heart
I thanked my beloved people may God
bless them eighty years old her eyesight
failing the Queen still had one more
service to perform with the outbreak of
the Boer War in 1899 in South Africa she
found a new lease of life rallying the
nation after a string of defeats staring
memos were dispatched to her government
and to her commanders I sincerely hope
that the increased taxation necessary to
meet the expenses of the war will not
fall upon the working classes the
attempted relief of lady Smith would
have succeeded had we had more troops
read tapings and useless difficulties
must not be regarded would not
corrugated iron Hut's be used instead of
tents
it is quite imperative that Lord Roberts
should not move until he has plenty of
troops pray impress this on please let
me know what steps you intend to take to
protect the Zulus from being attacked by
the Boers we are bound in honor to stand
by my native subject the Queen
dispatched a hundred thousand tins of
chocolate to the men at the front which
promptly melted in the African Sun a
period in December 1899 became known as
black week after three major defeats of
the British Army but Windsor the Queen
rose to the occasion
telling the Foreign Secretary please
understand there is no undepressed in
this house we are not interested in the
possibilities of defeat they did not
exist but black week coincided with the
anniversary of the death of Prince
Albert and privately the Queen showed
her real feelings when she visited the
mausoleum at Frogmore already 38 years
since the dreadful catastrophe which
crushed and changed my life and deprived
me of my guardian angel feel very low
and anxious about the war by Christmas
1900 the Queen was not well she was
sleeping badly eating nothing
on Christmas Eve she came down to the
durbar roma cause born to see the
distribution of presents but could only
write I felt very melancholy because I
see so badly I gave all my personal
servants their usual presents I took a
little sufferer in my room on January
13th 1901 the Queen's Journal the diary
she had written for 69 years finally
came to an end with out before 1:00 in
the garden chair luncheon and Beatrice
going with me
rested afterwards then did some signing
the Queen was taken ill and she slowly
began to sink from all over the country
and from Europe members of her family
began to assemble at Osborne house the
Queen lingered on for ten days and
finally on the 22nd of January 1901
learning that the end was near
they began gathering at her bedside Sir
James read the Queen's doctor at her
deathbed later wrote all the family was
summoned and the Bishop of Winchester
said prayers for the dying while I kept
plying her with oxygen princesses
Christian Louise and Beatrice kept
mentioning each other's names the Queen
for long too blind to see my path but
now lead thou me on
dear mama is Beatrice luncheon is closed
too
it's luncheon you're not alone
it's Bertie
the Kaiser remained the whole time on
the opposite side to me the Queen kept
looking at me and frequently gasped sir
James I'm very ill a few minutes before
she died that eyes turned fixedly to the
right and gazed on the picture of Christ
in the entombment of Christ over the
fireplace she died with my arm round her
I gently removed it led her down the
pillar and kissed her hand when she died
at 6:30 I had for the last hour been
kneeling at the right side supporting
her in a semi upright position helped by
the kaiser note on the opposite side of
the bed
the Queen wanted a white funeral a
picture of her was painted at Osborne
looking serene in her final sleep
dressed in white
the death of Queen Victoria marked the
end of one of the greatest eras in the
history of this country but there was
one final twist she had left the secret
list of keepsakes that she wanted placed
in her coffin
some of malbert and the children but
there were others too she ordered Sir
James read her doctor to hide them from
everyone Sir James called in members of
the family to see her and Princess
Alexandra was the last and she arranged
white flowers if so she looked beautiful
and then they all left and he put a
photograph of John Brown in her left
hand as per instructions and a lock of
his hair which he wrapped up in tissue
paper and then he covered her up with
the white flowers which Queen Alexandra
had put there and then he called in the
rest of the members of the household to
come do you think that the Queen
Victoria's children were aware of some
of the things that she'd been asked to
have placed in her coffin no earned only
maids and dresses and Sir James who did
the arranging himself here they were for
the first time these instructions they'd
only been seen by Sir James and there's
few dresses
on a cold winter's day Queen Victoria
was finally buried in the Frogmore
mausoleum in death she was at last
reunited with the Prince Consort the man
she'd always be in so devotedly the
solitary statue of Prince Albert on his
tomb was joined by one of the Queen
ahead half turned towards him the Queen
statue been carved years earlier when
the Prince died so that you always
remain in the likeness of a young
inscribed above the door of the
mausoleum in Latin are these words by
Queen Victoria
farewell best beloved here at last I
shall rest with thee with thee in Christ
I shall rise again when the burial was
over it began to snow the Queen had got
her white funeral
the tragic story of the last Tsar on
Zarina of Russia is remembered tomorrow
Nicholas and Alexandra that's at the
same time coming up in a few minutes on
UK history gaze upon the face of
Tutankhamun
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