The opulent reign of Britain’s most famous – and unlikely – Queen still enchants. She was groomed but married a German Prince to escape. They had nine children. It was a great love story – and tragedy. She fell into a deep pathological depression after his death. Learn of family: hers, his, theirs, and the ones afterwards. She was a remarkable woman who merits pity – and inspires.
Meet her predecessors and see why the odds were stacked against her becoming Queen, and against her becoming her own woman when she chose to become Victoria.
Where does she rest at the end of her labors? Who does she rest with?
Try to decide if she was to be envied or pitied; a leader or a follower; rational or a bit mad. She was all of these; an amazing woman whose story should be remembered.
Her family still rules Great Britain. Meet some of them.