We Are Not Amused – Victorian Views on Pronunciation as Told in the Pages of Punch

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Hibbert, Christopher (2000), Queen Victoria: A Personal History, London: HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-638843-4

There is a Sanskrit poem named Cakravarttini gunamanimala, written by T. Ganapati Sastri on Queen Victoria. [3] Melbourne's support in the House of Commons weakened through the early years of Victoria's reign, and in the 1841 general election the Whigs were defeated. Peel became prime minister, and the ladies of the bedchamber most associated with the Whigs were replaced. [75] Earliest known photograph of the Queen, here with her eldest daughter, Princess Victoria, c. 1845 [76] How do we know that "We Are Not Amused!" works? We've put this on our selves (twice!) and both times all the shows went down amazingly well. We had people coming to the shows whose children didn't even go to the school anymore!Originally posted by Clover:Anyone else have an issue with 'We Are Not Amused' ? I just started a game, improved relations and started bankrolling France as GB. To be safe I waited until I had cooperative relations with them, then expelled their diplomats. Nothin'. https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/victoria-iii-we-are-not-amused-not-firing.1575598/

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee procession on 22 June 1897 followed a route six miles long through London and included troops from all over the empire. The procession paused for an open-air service of thanksgiving held outside St Paul's Cathedral, throughout which Victoria sat in her open carriage, to avoid her having to climb the steps to enter the building. The celebration was marked by vast crowds of spectators and great outpourings of affection for the 78-year-old Queen. [196] Declining health and death Queen Victoria in Dublin, 1900 Barbara Carroll in the Italian film Zorro alla corte d'Inghilterra (1969), in which Zorro visits the British Court

This supposed quotation was attributed to Queen Victoria by courtier Caroline Holland in Notebooks of a Spinster Lady, 1919. Holland attests that Victoria made the remark at Windsor Castle: Valour of the visionary". The Australian. 21 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008 . Retrieved 14 September 2008.