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Queen Victoria

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Who was Queen Victoria?

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A quick introduction to Queen Victoria

Find out about Queen Victoria and read a comic strip about her life
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See a painting of Victoria aged 13
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Read a diary entry about the day Victoria became Queen, aged 18
Scroll down and click on "Read extracts from Victoria's diaries", or read a biography of Victoria.

View photographs taken during Victoria's life

Explore a timeline of Queen Victoria's life
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Victoria and Albert

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A short animation of how Victoria proposed to Albert
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Zoom in on a painting of the marriage of Victoria and Albert
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Victoria's wedding dress

See a coronet, a small crown, designed by Albert for Victoria
The coronet is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. (The foundation stone laid by Queen Victoria in 1899.)

The life and work of Prince Albert

See a black dress worn by Queen Victoria
The Queen wore black for 40 years after the death of Albert in 1861.

Memorial painting of the last moments of Prince Albert

Dress up as Queen Victoria or Prince Albert with printable masks

The Royal Family

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Find out about the children of Victoria and Albert

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A jewel brooch of Victoria's first child, given to the Queen by Albert

Zoom in on a Royal Family portrait in 1846

What kind of father was Prince Albert? Read an historian's account

Royal residences of Victoria and Albert

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Aerial view of Osborne today, Queen Victoria's family home

Find out about Windsor Castle, once home of Queen Victoria

Slideshow of Balmoral Castle in Scotland

A photo of Victoria at Balmoral with John Brown holding her pony

Pictures and paintings of residences including Buckingham Palace

Life in Victorian times

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Explore a young reader's guide to Victorian England
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Slideshows about the wonders of the Great Exhibition
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Fascinating facts about life in Victorian times
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Newsreel clip of Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897
The Diamond Jubilee celebrated Victoria's sixty years on the throne. (This clip is over 100 years old.)

How to make a Victoria sandwich, a popular Diamond Jubilee treat
A Victoria sandwich was the Queen's favourite cake.

Canada has celebtrated Victoria's birthday since 1845

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About this book

Young Reading Series 3 Famous lives
Queen Victoria

A lively and intriguing biography of Queen Victoria, from her difficult and lonely childhood to her life as one of the most powerful women in the world.
Fascinating photographs and a family tree are supplemented with internet links which allow the reader to find out even more about the life and times of Queen Victoria.
Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton, this level is suitable for those ready to tackle longer and more complex text.

“lively and engaging, as well as being carefully written to be easy to read.”
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Zanna Davidson

Zanna Davidson has written over fifty books for children, both non-fiction and fiction. Her stories for children include the Fairy Ponies, Fairy Unicorns and Billy and the Mini Monsters series for Usborne. She lives in the countryside in a cottage on the edge of some deep, dark woods with two small boys and her scruffy black dog, Fred.

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This is the perfect introduction to Queen Victoria - there is a good amount of information with plenty to interest children as they gain an insight into this great queen.
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