Joanne Hayle

101 Facts About Queen Victoria Joanne Hayle

Queen Victoria gave her name to an age. She is often remembered as the grieving monarch who wore black after her husband Prince Albert's death and as the queen who proclaimed "we are not amused." She didn't ever say this, by the way. There is so much more to know about her. Who was Victoria? A daughter brought up in difficult surroundings, a passionate and devoted wife, the mother of nine children, a matriarch, a widow, Grandmama of Europe, an iconic queen empress, and one of two monarchs in British history to have a diamond jubilee. Queen Elizabeth II is the other one. If you don't have time to read a long biography about Queen Victoria, read this short interesting and informative book; it's the first in the 101 History Series on British royalty.