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INTRODUCTION |
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TRIVIA |
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NICKNAME |
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GALLERY |
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CURIOS |
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VOX
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SHOP |
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Once, when a
granddaughter spoke out in the presence of Victoria by saying quite
innocently, 'I think it is time for us to go to bed," the queen shot back:
'Young woman, a princess should say, "I think it is time for me to
retire."' |
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She once pronounced a
woman who painted her lips and coloured her cheeks a 'Jezebel.' |
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Of her oldest son,
Bertie-- Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, she
said, 'I never can or shall look at him without a shudder.' |
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Her
last words were 'Oh that peace may come. Bertie!' |
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Was trained as a child to hold her
head up when eating by a sprig of holly tied under her chin. |
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Described Balmoral as 'a pretty
little castle in the old Scotch style'. |
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Called votes for women 'a mad,
wicked folly'. |
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Refused to believe such a thing
as lesbianism could exist. |
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She proposed to her husband. |
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Her wedding dress was a
trend-setter because she defied the traditional wedding colours of silver
and gold to wear virginal white. |
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She inscribed the copy of her
book she gave to Charles Dickens: "from the humblest of writers to
one of the greatest." |
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First monarch to have electric
lights and a telephone. |
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Her granddaughter Tsarina
Alexandra was murdered with all her family. |
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The radical press dubbed her
Mrs. Brown because of her devotion to her servant, John Brown. |
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Smoked to keep flies away. |
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Expected her gambling wins to
be paid in newly minted coins. |
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First British monarch to own
the Koh-i-Noor diamond. |
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Died of cerebral
hemorrhage. |
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Kept 'his sweet little ear'
modeled in marble as a memento of Prince Albert after his death. |
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Is reputedly to have said when
told her childbearing days were over: "Oh, Doctor, can I have no more
fun in bed?' |
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