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<p>Victoria and Elizabeth II are Queens of England, and are related by blood,
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but that is where the similarity ends.</p>
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<p>For instance, Queen Victoria was emotional, petty, politically relevant, culturally
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relevant, and a dynamic personality. But Elizabeth II was not.</p>
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<h3>Victoria's Contribution to the Historical Record</h3>
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<h4>Written Documentation</h4>
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<p>Queen Victory wrote 60 million words in her lifetime.</p>
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<p>This includes her
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria%27s_journals" target="_blank">journal</a>,
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which fill 122 volumes in the Royal Archive, even after heavy redaction.</p>
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<p>Her book
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<a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/66173" target="_blank">Our Life in the Highlands</a>,
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was a best-seller.</p>
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<p>Queen Victoria also constantly wrote letters.</p>
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<h3>Victoria's Political Relevance</h3>
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<h4>Grandmother of Europe</h4>
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<p>Queen Victoria was known as the
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmother_of_Europe" target="_blank">Grandmother of Europe</a>.</p>
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<p>Having spread her seed amongst Nobility and Royalty all over Europe,
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and engaged in constant coorespondence,
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she had a profound effect upon International Politics. In theory
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this was a key reason why there were no World Wars between
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Napoleon and World War One.</p>
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<h4>British Empire</h4>
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<p>It should be noted however, that the British Empire was at war every
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single year of her 64-year reign,
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and it was during her reign that the British Empire
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reached its zenith.</p>
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<h3>Victoria's Cultural Relevance</h3>
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<h4>Arts and Culture</h4>
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<p>Queen Victoria was a huge patron of the arts, and her legacy included
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" target="_blank">Royal Albert Hall</a>,
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and statues of Prince Albert were erected all over the British Empire.</p>
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<h4>Customs and Morality</h4>
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<p>The court of Victoria and Albert was outwardly morally uptight, and this
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percolated through society. The manner in which Christmas was (and still is)
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celebrated throughout the Western World, was derived from traditions
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begun during the Victorian Era.</p>
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<p>Perhaps reflecting their sheltered upbringing, they were quite naive
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and would laugh at any stupid little joke. How annoying!</p>
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<h3>Victoria's Dynamic Personality</h3>
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<h4>Melodrama</h4>
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<p>In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedchamber_crisis" target="_blank">Bedchamber Crisis</a>,
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of 1839, Government dissolved because Victoria refused to replace
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her ladies-in-waiting with the wives of the new ministers.</p>
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<p>In her photos she never smiled. But contemporary reports suggest that Victoria
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did frequently smile, and could really light up the room.</p>
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<h4>Mental Depression</h4>
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<p>Queen Victoria suffered from postpartum depression which poisoned her
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relationship with her children and husband.</p>
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<p>Upon Prince Albert's
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert,_Prince_Consort#Illness_and_death" target="_blank">untimely death</a>,
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The Queen entered several years of seclusion and wore black for the rest of her life.</p>
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<h4>Temper Tantrums</h4>
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<p>Unfortunately, Albert and Victoria frequently squabbled, events which
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usually featured a "scene".</p>
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<h4>Daddy Issues</h4>
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<p>As a result of a troubled upbringing with a
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Conroy" target="_blank">controlling stepfather</a>,
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Victoria suffered from "Daddy Issues", and developed obsessive attachments to
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lamb,_2nd_Viscount_Melbourne" target="_blank">Prime Minister Melbourne</a>,
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert,_Prince_Consort" target="_blank">her husband</a>,
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as well as house servants
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(servant)" target="_blank">John Brown</a>, and
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Karim_(the_Munshi)" target="_blank">Abdul Karim</a>.</p>
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<h4>Brattiness</h4>
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<p>Victoria's innappropriate favouritism towards Brown and Karim, both foreigners,
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caused resentment amongst her staff.</p>
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<h4>Pettiness</h4>
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<p>Queen Victoria made impolite remarks about other people.</p>
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<h3>Queen Elizabeth II</h3>
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<p>In her youth Elizabeth once outrageously exclaimed, "My Goodness!"</p>
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<h3>Conclusion</h3>
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<p>Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II were very different from each other.</p>
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<p>Thanks for reading!</p>
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<h3>Recommended</h3>
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<p>I recommend <a href="https://rexfactor.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Rex Factor Podcast</a>.</p>
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