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Queen Victoria: Personality as a reflection of the Royal Family era: a sample for England is the most powerful lady on the planet in the 19th century, in general, more than sixty years. She was the granddaughter of the morally unhealthy monarch George III and had no great chance of taking the throne. But still, it was Victoria who became the queen by the will of fate: she bypassed all the legitimate heirs of which there were 15 monarchs of the British Empire.

For 18 years, the heiress of the throne has learned to limit her emotions and children's desires, suffered rationality and raised a sense of duty in herself. Victoria’s childhood was modest: the father died early enough and did not leave the family of a great state. Often she believed that she knew the difficult life of the people firsthand, because in childhood she had to go through poverty.

However, this was said loudly. A minimum of entertainment, a small staff of servants and transitions to a lean menu - these were the deprivation of young Victoria. The severity of the upbringing of the future queen was guaranteed by her mother-the Duchess of Kent Victoria Saxen-Koburg Zaalfeld. The control of the daughter was so severe that the girl seemed clearly older than her years.

She was not allowed to be alone, it was forbidden to play with her peers. For her number, one was always a duty to a crowned family. Her unbending character was tempered precisely in childhood. The sewn thorns of the island in a dress near the chin did not allow Victoria to lower his head. The will of the heiress of the throne made her image as an example to follow the entire English nation.

However, the people in England were superstitious. The Archbishop of Canterbury put on Victoria the coronation ring on the wrong finger, the main treasurer scattered all the gold and silver medals to the floor. And during the oath on June 20, Lord Roll, a clumsy and fat man, stumbled on the way to the royal throne and rolled down the kubar. Yes, and the bishop himself made a mistake during the ceremony: he turned the two pages of the prayer book and finished the rite earlier than it should be.

Yes, and the royal insignia handed the queen so quickly that she almost dropped them. Victoria went down the aisle with her cousin Albert Saksen-Koburg-Gotsky.

Her family life did not get along: Victoria insanely adored her husband, but Albert could not get used to her status. He always followed half a step behind his wife and could dance with her at the balls no more than three times. Albert was upset by the uncertainty of his position at court. But after a major quarrel with his wife, all issues were resolved. This was evidenced by the birth of a couple of nine children.

The diaries also spoke of the stormy sexual life of the spouses. Victoria simply hated it on demolitions. Albert never became a king, but only Prince Consort wore the title of Prince Suproit. But in personal relations for Victoria, the spouse was a adviser, an assistant, and the manager, and even the organizer. In difficult times, he always substituted her shoulder.

After the death of her beloved husband, Victoria wore mourning until the end of her days. Her servant was also obliged to wear black clothes. At the court of the queen, even smiles were forbidden. The maids until the death of Victoria, on her orders, changed towels in the room of her deceased spouse, carried a night pot and prepared the prince’s wardrobe for every day. At the court there was an unspoken cult of Albert's memory: the Queen everywhere put the monuments and busts of her deceased husband.

Victoria granted the title of a knight to those philanthropists who erected monuments in his honor. The 19th century for Britain was the time of establishing a family cult in the country. The Victorian era: it is important to notice the rapid progress under the mask of mourning that in general the XIX century has awakened a dormant humanity. The flurry of new ideas, projects, discoveries and inventions changed life not only in Britain, but throughout the world.

The queen witnessed these decisive changes in public life and everyday life. Metro, sewing machine, x -ray, chocolate, mail and many other innovations became the property of the Victorian era. The British monarchy could rightfully be considered the most powerful in the world. The extensive empire with many colonies had a special form of government - a parliamentary monarchy.

The British Empire, despite all the cataclysms of the era in the form of revolutions and wars, remained a stronghold of stability. We can say that the sustainable character of the queen reflected the spirit of her Fatherland in this era. The death of the queen's beloved wife in the year became a largely turning event in the life of the country. Victoria paid less time and attention to public administration issues.

But she still signed royal papers and performed speeches to the subjects. The debt to England was above all. She lived in Scotland for a long time, in her beloved city in Baltimore. A well -working state apparatus allowed her such departments: only occasionally she came to London and admired the achievements of her country. She was gone on January 22 of the year. Queen Victoria left a testament, which characterized her personality as well as possible.Before her death, she asked to put the night shirt of her husband in the grave, her favorite jewelry, a wedding ring and photographs with Albert.

In the left hand, the queen, by testament, put a photograph of her humble servant John Brown and a curl of his hair. The death of Queen Victoria was perceived by contemporaries as the tragic finale of the entire 19th century. It was a sunset of the most brilliant and most stable era in the history of England. Cover: AIF.