Death of
Queen Victoria
January 22, 1901
Jan 22, 1901 - Queen Victoria died at Windsor Castle. Edward VII was proclaimed King the next day and was crowned on August 29
Victoria with her spaniel Dash, 1833 Painting by George HayterAfter George Hayter
- First upload: Scanned from Hibbert, Christopher (2000) Queen Victoria: A Personal History, London: HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-638843-4, and then colour adjusted and repaired for flaws. This version is of the copy in the British Royal Collection.
“When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.”
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