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Queen Victoria took the title of 'Empress of India on 1st January 1977, not 1st May 1876. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.98.161.20 ( talk) 15:48, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Does it strike anyone else as odd that this article doesn't contain even a single mention of her brother Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen or her sister Princess Feodora of Leiningen, the latter with whom she enjoyed an especially close relationship? -- MichiganCharms ( talk) 16:16, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
Shouldn't something be said about the plans to change her name through an Act of Parliament or some form of rechristening during her confirmation? Apparently, King George IV picked the name, though her parents preferred Georgiana or Augusta. However, King William IV did not find the name Victoria English enough and suggested changing it to Elizabeth once it became clear she would succeed him. The Duchess agreed, but then changed her mind. It seems notable, as it was rather unusual and highly covered by newspapers of the time. Surtsicna ( talk) 22:11, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
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Edit line: "The following day, she participated in a procession that, in the words of Mark Twain, "stretched to the limit of sight in both directions" and attended a thanksgiving service in Westminster Abbey.[169]" to remove 'in the words of Mark Twain, "stretched to the limit of sight in both directions"'.
Twain did not attend the Golden Jubilee, he was in Hartford, CONN at the time. Ref: http://www.marktwainproject.org/xtf/search?category=letters;style=mtp;facet-direction=outgoing;facet-written=1880::1887;identifier=UCCL02662;rmode=details for a letter written by him that day from Hartford.
The cited Twain reference is a direct quote from Twain’s “Queen Victoria’s Jubilee”, which describes the 1897 Diamond Jubilee. The line can be found in The Complete Essays Of Mark Twain by Charles Neider , page 197.
This is one of those "global cannonical errors" propagated around the web without checking. Have contacted the Roya Family's web editor about the error on http://www.royal.gov.uk/HMTheQueen/TheQueenandspecialanniversaries/HistoryofJubilees/QueenVictoria.aspx and awaiting reply, but the facts are clear on this: they've mis-applied the quote and it's been copied everywhere.
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I can't edit the article but HM Queen Victoria also bore additional titles as the Male line Grand Daughter of the King of Hanover. Her titles didn't dissapear upon her accession nor the seperation of the crowns. Can someone please add to her titles
As the male-line granddaughter of a King of Hanover, Queen Victoria also bore the titles of Princess of Hanover and Duchess of Brunswick and Lunenburg from birth until death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlfraley ( talk • contribs) 07:18, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
So you just cherry pick what you want in their? The titles where hers as well as her cousins of Cambridge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlfraley ( talk • contribs) 11:09, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
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As a male line grandchild, Queen Victoria held from birth until her death the titles as Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneberg Carlfraley ( talk) 11:06, 20 March 2013 (UTC)carlfraley Carlfraley ( talk) 11:06, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
Here is one source to back it up ^ a b c d Greg Taylor, Nicholas Economou (2006). The Constitution of Victoria. Federation Press. pp. 72–74. ISBN 978-1-86287-612-5. OCLC 81948853. Carlfraley ( talk) 11:23, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
I copied the wrong link, however I'm awaiting a response from the Garter King of Arms office so hopefully that will suffice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlfraley ( talk • contribs) 11:59, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
This is merely a suggestion, and not an imposition. I've noticed that the article doesn't give a good description of how she looked. At the very end it says that she "was physically unprepossessing—she was stout, dowdy and no more than five feet tall". Was she brown-haired? Blonde? What about her eyes? I wonder if the physical description shouldn't be somewhere around her early adulthood? It could say something like "Victoria was blonde and had blue eyes, was five feet tall and was regarded as beautiful" (I'm guessing here). And the above mentioned piece could be easily changed to "was physically unprepossessing but she succeeded in projecting a grand image". Just a thought. -- Lecen ( talk) 12:18, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
A Danish singer participating in the Eurovision Song Contest, Emmelie de Forest (whose original family name is Engtröm), alleges that she is the great-grandchild of Queen Victoria (even branding herself as the "barefoot royal" on her website and using "Victoria's great-grandchild" as her main PR strategy [3]) a claim that was also uncritically reported by the Danish tabloid press a few months ago [4]. The claim is based on
The story is dismissed as a pure fabrication by Marlene A. Eilers Koenig, author of Queen Victoria's Descendants, who should be familiar to those who work on the subject of Victoria's relatives. According to Eilers Koenig, nobody except the Engström family has made this claim of descent from Victoria, not even Maurice de Forest's verifiable and legitimate descendants, and according to her, "it is entirely possible that Ingvar [Engström] concocted the story as an embellishment to his own birth."
It would be helpful if editors knowledgeable about the genealogy of the British Royal Family and Queen Victoria in particular would pay attention to the article Emmelie de Forest and allegations of descent from Queen Victoria that may be inserted into it by uncritical fans. Many Wikipedia articles in other languages reported outright as an undisputed fact that she was Victoria's great-grandchild, and such false pretenses are likely to appear in newspapers during the contest. Vinson wese ( talk) 15:07, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
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i want to add link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(servant) to the word used for "john brown" 117.197.18.197 ( talk) 23:59, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Immediately after the sentence stating that Victoria became Queen upon the death of her uncle, William IV, I inserted the following,
"There was concern, however, that Queen Adelaide, the widow of King William IV, might be pregnant. Therefore, Victoria was proclaimed Queen only conditionally, 'saving the rights of any issue of his late Majesty King William the Fourth which may be borne of his late Majesty's Consort.'"
I included a source for my insertion, http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/19509/pages/1581, which is the Proclamation of Accession, as published in the London Gazette on June 20, 1837.
I think it is fascinating to contemplate that, if Queen Adelaide had been pregnant, her child, if born alive, male or female, would have displaced Victoria from the throne, and I imagined it would be helpful and informative to include that in the article.
Yet, later in the same day, someone reverted it, with the cryptic comment, "Do not analyze, synthesize, interpret, or evaluate material found in a primary source yourself." So, mein Fuhrers of the Wikipedia Gestapo, I have a question for you. How does someone write an article without analyzing, synthesizing, interpreting, or evaluating material from the sources that are consulted? Is the "new style" of Wikipedia writing to be simply a list of sources, without any comment at all?
Lately, I have noticed that the roving Wikipedia editors seem to have a narrow minded view of what is "correct" and do not tolerate any sort of new information, particularly on certain subjects. Why is this so? And what was wrong with adding the sentence I attempted to add. I quoted a historical source in support of it.
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Mentions she had 9 children and then lists 8 not nine in error. Between Helena and Author was and should be inserted:
Louise Caroline Alberta: b.1848, d.1939 English2013 ( talk) 22:00, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
This is a very good image, but not of a particularly notable event in her reign. I've not finished restoring it yet, but, once it is, would this be a useful addition to the article? Adam Cuerden ( talk) 23:25, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
Should we not mention her monogram "VR" (Victoria Regina) somewhere? For example under "Titles, styles, and arms". 79.228.229.104 ( talk) 17:42, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
BBC Radio 4 recently broadcast a short piece on the investigation of a recording made in 1888 of Queen Victoria’s voice. It's probably too trivial and circumstantial to include in this article, and I could not find it mentioned in History of sound recording, Phonautograph, Graphophone, Phonograph nor in this talk page's archive. However, I'll leave a few links here in case someone else might find it interesting: In Search of Queen Victoria’s Voice; A Regal Recording?; and Getting back into the groove. - 84user ( talk) 23:50, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
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Elizabeth II is now the longest-reigning monarch in the United Kingdom, yet it says Victoria still the longest-reigning monarch. It should be changed to make more sense. Thanks!
Z10 435 ( talk) 17:26, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
"Her reign of 63 years and seven months, which is longer than that of any other British monarch and the longest of any female monarch in history..."
Recently surpassed by Elizabeth II, no?
2601:643:8001:4635:2001:166:8A0C:571C ( talk) 10:36, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
Will happen on Wednesday at around 5.30pm . 86.3.238.222 ( talk) 10:48, 7 September 2015 (UTC)Random 86.3.238.222 ( talk) 10:48, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
It's been updated, but currently says "...until being surpassed by that of Elizabeth II in November 2015." This should be September, obviously, but I can't edit it due to the semi-protection status of the article. 96.255.96.137 ( talk) 00:12, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
I do CC (classical conversations) and this is not any help — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:C032:B520:6948:53AF:20B0:D72E ( talk) 17:51, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
I was reading today's Guardian article on Victoria, which mentions "Bertie". Was he Edward VII? I couldn't remember. I knew he was George VI, but he was probably Edward as well. I thought Wikipedia would tell me, in this article. It didn't, so, having checked it at Edward VII, I put it in, and her deathbed seemed the best place. Victoria's nickname for her son and heir should be in there somewhere, especially as it's another descendant king's nickname as well. Rothorpe ( talk) 20:23, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
Did she die from a stroke? ( 217.35.237.72 ( talk) 10:34, 23 June 2016 (UTC))
perhaps under the section of her early life, it would be good to add that she could speak Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi? This would give the reader a better context with her relationship with her Munshi and her empire. She was taught this in preparation to become the Empress of India. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.82.18.76 ( talk) 23:35, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
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Would it be possible to add a new page on the English Heritage Osborne page to the links at the foot of the page:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/osborne/queen-victoria/
31.222.211.51 ( talk) 14:09, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
Can I request that under the section 'Heir Presumptive', the potentially offensive term 'bastard' is replaced by the more neutral 'illegitimate' in the fourth line ('King William's bastard children'). (I'm waiting for a password reset as I haven't logged in for a while.) 202.4.70.206 ( talk) 01:03, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
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I need to edit some minor errors BobbyFisher ( talk) 20:07, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
This page should be edited to add the category Category:Queens regnant of England to the page, should it not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.151.56.105 ( talk • contribs) 06:27, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
Her reigning years near the title are wrong . She didn't reign from 1901 till 1956 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Springsky ( talk • contribs) 22:36, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
I came here to report this too. Right under her name at the very top it says "British monarch who reigned 1956–1901". If I'm still unclear about this error, it's the short blurb that shows up under the autocomplete result when you type in "Queen Victoria". Hasbin ( talk) 03:55, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
This should be added to first paragraph From her accession to the throne, she also became queen of the British Empire (later British Commonwealth), containing colonies and dominions around the world. This is in line with Monarchy of Canada information on-line. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.150.198.190 ( talk • contribs) 04:52, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
As a former resident of the village of Sadberge, I note that there is a large boulder on the village green bearing a plaque, upon which Queen Victoria is also identified as the Countess of Sadberge. I am wondering as to the origin of this title and, if legitimate, whether it bears including in Victoria's titles and styles or elsewhere. Morogth ( talk) 17:32, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
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The article does not, I believe, reflect the real extent of the controversy over her reaction to the Irish famine. In particular, this article refers to her being the largest individual donor. However other articles contextualize this - thus, the Irish Famine article ( /info/en/?search=Great_Famine_(Ireland)) adds: "According to legend,[88][89] Sultan Abdülmecid I of the Ottoman Empire originally offered to send £10,000 but was asked either by British diplomats or his own ministers to reduce it to £1,000 to avoid donating more than the Queen.[90]", the implication being that Victoria set a rather low bar with her donation that others (her subjects or otherwise) did not dare to exceed.
The Legacy of the Irish Famine article ( /info/en/?search=Legacy_of_the_Great_Irish_Famine) also has: "On instruction of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Victoria made what was largely seen as a propaganda visit in 1849. However, this visit was conducted under stringent security measures and was not free from protests or controversy. The amount of money lavished on her visit by the Dublin Castle administration far exceeded her own personal contributions to famine relief (one banquet, for instance, cost over £5,000) and the official celebrations surrounding her visit were compared to the act of "illuminating a graveyard" in a newspaper editorial at the time.[6]"
Basically as-is there is a rather misleading sleight of hand in including the (factual) statement about her being the largest single donor without including the rather severe qualifications to that that are found in other articles. The article has substantial sections on rather minor events such as her jubilees, so I believe that including additional information on her reaction to a major disaster in her dominions (historians still debate whether or not it constituted genocide) can be expanded a bit to provide the requisite context to the existing remarks.
The purpose of this article is to describe Victoria as a historical personage in the context of her life and times, not to provide a celebratory puff piece for the comfort of modern day British nationalists and other royalist romantics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.55.235.240 ( talk • contribs) 12:09, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
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I took out a phrase naming her reign the Victorian Era from one sentence, and made it into a separate sentence. I also added the clause about her reign ranking in length behind Elizabeth II. Princetoniac ( talk) 21:16, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
The citation used by Euanjamie https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ukcompare/result.php?year_source=1845&amount=2000&year_result=2018 says the relative value is between £182,000 and £6.85 million, which is not very different from the figures used by DrKay and the other citation (£177,700 and £6.5 million). The difference is caused by using a different start year: 1845 for Euanjamie and 1846 for DrKay. The donation was made in January 1847, so of the two options, a start year of 1846 is better. Celia Homeford ( talk) 11:19, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Was she ever referred to as such? Her father was not Duke of Kent but Duke of Kent and Strathearn. Surtsicna ( talk) 20:15, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
In the section about her death it refers to Queen Elizabeth II as her 'great-great-granddaughter'. That is wrong; It should be one great not 2. Queen Elizabeth's father George V was Queen Victoria's Grandson. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:192:4800:BBAC:A8B6:C35F:55DD:438F ( talk) 21:50, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
A Puff piece is an idiom for a journalistic form of puffery: an article or story of exaggerating praise that often ignores or downplays opposing viewpoints or evidence to the contrary.
As it is widely known that a "public relations"/propaganda firm is employed by this family to ensure glowing articles and control on all information the world gets exposed to, even to the extent of them engaging in TV propaganda film, of late. That means this article is well and truly within the WP:promo categorization if there ever was one. As one intriguing sees a complete lack of even a drop of neutral presentation on this individual, infamously nicknamed the 'famine queen' by Maud Gonne and others, which certainly meets the criteria of WP:NOTABLE. Don't you think? Gonne's article was suppressed by British authorities back when it was written, as surely as it was then, I have no doubt the same will occur here again, or is there any surprise why it's not even in the article now? ...puff piece?
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/queen-victoria-irish-famine
Similarly, the same PR example of 'get the monarch to feign empathy policy' occurred over India, while in the boardroom, the Council of India the very opposite was decided upon but how could they do that the Government of India Act 1858 - This act provided that India was to be governed directly and in the name of the Crown? So how much was done in their name? How many died exactly? Like a mafia, you have a public condemnation, feign sympathy then behind the scenes you actually let your heavies do the wet work, on your behalf. Are you shocked with the parallels? Outraged with cognitive dissonance?
Although Victoria in her message to the Imperial Assemblage had reassured Indians that their "happiness, prosperity and welfare" were the "present aims and objects of Our Empire," Temple's brief from the Council of India left no ambiguity about the government's true priorities: "The task of saving life irrespective of cost, is one which it is beyond our power to undertake. The embarrassment of debt and weight of taxation consequent on the expense thereby involved would soon become more fatal than the famine itself." Likewise, the viceroy insisted that Temple everywhere in Madras "tighten the reins." The famine campaign in Lytton's conception was a semi-military demonstration of Britain's necessary guardianship over a people unable to help themselves, not an opportunity for Indian initiative or self-organization. If, as a modern authority on famine emphasizes, "emergency relief, like development aid, is only truly effective if the recipients have the power to determine what it is and how it is used," Temple's perverse task was to make relief as repugnant and ineffective as possible. In zealously following his instructions to the letter, he became to Indian history what Charles Edward Trevelyan — permanent secretary to the Treasury during the Great Hunger (and, later, governor of Madras) — had become to Irish history: the personification of free market economics as a mask for colonial genocide.
http://movies2.nytimes.com/books/first/d/davis-victorian.html
So it clearly is plain to see that this article is perverse as is the character of people engaged in this, obviously slick oiled mill of disappearing criticism and general PR work.
WP:advert does clearly state - Advertising, marketing or public relations. Information about people, organizations, issues, and products must be written in an objective and unbiased style, free of puffery.
Free of puffery, now I wonder, do you think if there ever was a need to give an example of strategic puffery on wikipedia, would this article and all those that are 'in the family' be it?
By the way, to the PR team responsible for the recent propaganda TV show, there is no evidence that your Victoria darling acted in any way like as depicted. Though then again, the truth, isn't what you really want people knowing about is it?
What next, Hitler's extended family going to fund a TV special where he visits Auschwitz, looking shocked and appalled? As you may likewise know he never signed anything that explicitly ordered the conditions, or have historians found anything surviving in his name, in bold capitals that he wanted those millions starved and gassed to death. Now does that likewise mean he didn't know about them? Or the frequent one wheeled out from the Windsor family, that his/her advisors kept them in the dark? Either way it's a 'nice' bit of distancing there, that the comparable neo-nazis sure get a lot of mileage out of. Though the failure to write it in block capitals and general attitude of leave it up to my good men representing me, all that, he learned the 'art' of that particular distancing/plausible deniability deception from who? Who was he a fan of? - Can you guess? Monarchy, and what do you know, a particularly unique fondness for the British one. Boundarylayer ( talk) 05:35, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
If you have the sources for it, why don't you work in the article? You are an editor with years of experience. You already know Fix it yourself instead of just talking about it. is a guideline.: "If you notice an unambiguous error or problem that any reasonable person would recommend fixing, the best course of action may be to be bold and fix it yourself rather than bringing it to someone's attention in the form of a comment or complaint. In the time it takes to write about the problem, you could instead improve the encyclopedia." Dimadick ( talk) 11:17, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
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In Early Reign, 3rd paragraph, the quote of Charles Greville, "he" should be "she":
Charles Greville supposed that the widowed and childless Melbourne was "passionately fond of her as she might be of his daughter if he had one",
I doubt that was a mistake of Charles Greville. 70.93.213.142 ( talk) 16:29, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
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Change 'bedchamber crisis' to 'Bedchamber Crisis' to bypass Redirect. AntiquesGeek ( talk) 06:04, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
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Change "Napoleon III, since the Crimean War Britain's closest ally,[98] visited London in April 1855,..."
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"Napoleon III, who had been Britain's closest ally ever since the Crimean War,[98] visited London in April 1855..."
Previous iteration did not make sense grammatically. Ala132 ( talk) 00:53, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Shouldn't this section be "Heiress presumptive"? 173.90.65.191 ( talk) 07:17, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
Why do the Info and succession boxes treat Empress of India as a separate position from Queen of the United Kingdom. Having read the Royal Titles Act of 1876 and subsequent proclamation Empress of India was a new title attached to the throne of the UK, not a new throne. In this regard it is similar to other titles such as Defender of the Faith. As a result there should only be one entry in the info and succession boxes. Given the title's significance perhaps it could be put under the main title of Queen of the United Kingdom as follows: "(Empress of India since...)". Emperor001 ( talk) 12:52, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
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Elizabeth II has now been queen longer that Victoria was. Article should no longer say she reigned longer than monarch who followed her. 73.185.182.4 ( talk) 15:22, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
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In the "Legacy" section, in the caption for the picture of the Queen laughing, can someone link "We" to Royal we. 192.35.35.35 ( talk) 17:11, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
Does anybody have access to Queen Victoria's Journal: http://qvj.chadwyck.com/marketing.do ? Trying to mention to "Pritchard", "Pomare", "Otaheite" or "Tahiti". KAVEBEAR ( talk) 22:17, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
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Under the Legacy heading, change "Despite this destruction, much of the diaries still exist." to "Despite this destruction, many of the diaries still exist."
Reason: In the english language "much" should be used when the quantity described is uncountable, and "many" should be used when it is countable. Since the above line refers to a quantity of diaries, this is countable and should therefore use "many" instead.
For more information on this grammar rule, see: https://grammarist.com/usage/many-much/ Fehrtyler5 ( talk) 15:37, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
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her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than that of any of her predecessors. 2605:6000:1526:5728:B55E:B04A:EB5A:BDEA ( talk) 01:06, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than most of her predecessors.
On Lady Flora-Hastings' page, it is mentioned and referenced that the Queen felt deep regrets for her role in the scandal and was tormented with nightmares and guilty memories for years afterwards.
I think this should be mentioned on this page as well. It adds depth to the Queen and I would have never known if I hadn't visited Lady Flora's page as well. This information should be added to this page so people reading about the Queen can know her feelings. 2601:150:8200:A2C0:E43E:E3F2:D2AE:3B5D ( talk) 15:39, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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In the opening sentence, change "...until her death. On 1 May 1876, she adopted the additional title of Empress of India." to "...until her death. She adopted the additional title of Empress of India on 1 May 1876." or "...until her death. Additionally She adopted the title of Empress of India on 1 May 1876."
It is very easy to conflate the 2 sentences as "...until her death on 1 May 1876...". I think moving the date of the second sentence to the end could prevent this misreading. Bdnchr ( talk) 22:25, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
I am often dismayed at the mistakes in kinship and genealogy that appear on Wikipedia, but I also believe in giving credit where credit is due. The section on Victoria’s evolving place in the line of succession is exactly right in all particulars, including her eventual designation as heir presumptive. This acknowledges the British belief that a Monarch without an heir, no matter what their age or health, is assumed to be able to produce an heir so long as they are alive, and thus Victoria’s place could be supplanted, and she could never be an heir apparent.
It is interesting to note that under the old system a female could be an heir apparent if her dead father, were he alive, would have been the heir apparent. It sounds simple enough but I believe it's never happened. At any rate, the information given is especially relevant since the daughter of a Monarch's fourth son would have been considered a long shot for the throne. Bravo! 71.162.113.226 ( talk) 14:29, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Yes, if the heir apparent died with no male children, his oldest female child would be heir apparent, since the only thing that could supersede her, a brother, was now impossible. I'm still surprised it's never happened since it's not that outlandish a situation. And there was actually a female heir apparent, but it was a special case.
That was Anne, younger sister of Mary II who was co-monarch with her husband William III. The way Parliament worked that out, (1) When one of the co-monarchs died, the other would continue to rule and (2) the line of succession would be: first, children of Mary by William or anyone else, second, Anne and her descendants, and third, William's descendants by anyone other than Mary. This was putting William's descendants in his hereditary place as Mary's first cousin. Once Mary died childless, William had no power to beget an heir, thus Anne was heir apparent. 71.162.113.226 ( talk) 17:21, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
There is nothing in the article about cuisine! Celia Homeford reverted my brief addition because it was "plopped into the middle of a section dealing with more important issues". Thank you Celia for the attention to this.
It's true, but I thought the article should have some discussion of cuisine and culture during Victoria's reign. The lede says her reign "was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire." But, I can't find any discussion of cultural changes in the article, so I had to settle for a see also link. Spudlace ( talk) 08:24, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
In the 1874 general election, Disraeli was returned to power. He passed the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874, which removed Catholic rituals from the Anglican liturgy and which Victoria strongly supported. She preferred short, simple services, and personally considered herself more aligned with the presbyterian Church of Scotland than the episcopal Church of England. Disraeli also pushed the Royal Titles Act 1876 through Parliament, so that Victoria took the title "Empress of India" from 1 May 1876. The new title was proclaimed at the Delhi Durbar of 1 January 1877.
There is very little in the section about India. The next paragraph is about her daughter and the birth of her great grand daughter, followed by another longwinded discussion of Disraeli's trite foreign policy "If we are to maintain our position as a first-rate Power", she wrote, "we must ... be Prepared for attacks and wars, somewhere or other, CONTINUALLY." - but why is the Anglo Zulu War discussed in the section about India? Although my own ignorance is surely to blame, shouldn't this be clear, even to the average reader?
While superficial connections to the Queen are made, it does seem within scope to discuss her impact and views on the cultural changes of her reign if it's teased in the lede. Spudlace ( talk) 08:46, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
In the "Early reign" section, there's an image titled "Victoria receives the news of her accession from Lord Conyngham (left) and the Archbishop of Canterbury. Engraving after painting by Henry Tanworth Wells, 1887."
This appears to be the original painting rather than an engraving, assuming I'm interpreting this correctly. Ormewood ( talk) 21:45, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
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From the Widowhood section: "Slanderous rumours of a romantic connection and even a secret marriage appeared in print, and the Queen was referred to as "Mrs. Brown". The story of their relationship was the subject of the 1997 movie Mrs. Brown."
Since the rumours were never found to be slander in the legal sense, shouldn't this read "salacious"? Alternatively, the word could be removed entirely. Given that the Queen was also referred to by her name, there should be some qualifier for saying she "was referred to as "Mrs. Brown".". I suggest "some referred to the Queen as "Mrs. Brown".". Separately, as it is not a source and does not add to the facts of her life, I believe the mention of the film Mrs. Brown should be removed.
As a result of these changes, the sentence: "Slanderous rumours of a romantic connection and even a secret marriage appeared in print, and the Queen was referred to as "Mrs. Brown". The story of their relationship was the subject of the 1997 movie Mrs. Brown.", would become "Rumours of a romantic connection and even a secret marriage appeared in print, and some referred to the Queen as "Mrs. Brown"." 188.30.127.142 ( talk) 17:59, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
Could someone please exchange the current video: "File:Queen Victoria In Dublin (Rare archive footage from 1900).webm|thumb|upright|Queen Victoria in Dublin, 1900" for this one without sound: Queen Victoria In Dublin (1900)? Why someone would place Chopin's Funeral March over celebration footage of the Queen is beyond me. It is not her funeral procession. Maineartists ( talk) 23:44, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
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Please can you make this fact recorded on the page? 2A00:23C4:29B9:6D01:5D09:81F2:38B1:5639 ( talk) 13:44, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
During the Great Famine in Ireland of the 1840s, Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid of Turkey donated £1,000 to famine relief. He had originally offered £10,000 but this was reduced at Victoria's request as she did not wish to have someone giving a larger amount than her.
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Change the caption under Queen_Victoria_by_Julia_Abercromby.jpg. While the statement about Victoria admiring Heinrich von Angeli's 1875 portrait is true, this is actually the first "National Portrait" of Queen Victoria, a watercolor by Julia Abercromby; Abercromby based her work on that of von Angeli's, so there is a distinct similarity. My proposal for the caption:
The first "National Portrait" of Queen Victoria, a watercolor by Julia Abercromby that is based on von Angeli's 1875 portrait of her. Victoria admired Heinrich von Angeli's portrait for its "honesty, total want of flattery, and appreciation of character."
The second sentence might be considered debatable, for inclusion, as it makes the caption a bit long.
(See also /info/en/?search=Julia_Abercromby,_Baroness_Abercromby)
Thanks. I'm not "established" yet, so can't edit this article. Jmc73 ( talk) 18:17, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
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mother of Edward the second she was the predasesor 47.138.36.205 ( talk) 21:19, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
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I believe it worth mentioning Ulysses S. Grant dining with Queen Victoria June 26, 1877. The U.S. was an emerging world power at the time. Cmguy777 ( talk) 05:00, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
However, the text hardly suggests that it did much to affect diplomatic ties Sbishop ( talk) 07:29, 14 June 2021 (UTC)Sbishop
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Reign | 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901 |
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Like in the article of Elizabeth II, can a list of Victoria's prime ministers be included under Queen of the United Kingdom in the infobox? 81.147.76.243 ( talk) 15:13, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
Sbishop ( talk) 15:55, 17 June 2021 (UTC)Sbishop
In my opinion, the section 1842–1860 should have a word/phrase heading, like other sections. I think it doesn't look good. Peter Ormond 💬 06:05, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
Archived to Talk:Queen_Victoria/Article_title#Requested_move_9_July_2021. — В²C ☎ 21:44, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
I think we should change the image to the one on the right since I think it is better to show the full portrait. We could always touch up the image so it is higher resolution. I'm not good with editing images, but if someone with the expertise could, that would be great. Interstellarity ( talk) 17:10, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
Please be advised than on several devices, especially mobile phones, the page shows the Nazi Germany flag in full screen superimposed on top of the page. I do not know how to edit this out, but this should be dealt with as soon as possible. Edit: it seems this incongruent ‘feature’ has been immediately removed 85.31.132.219 ( talk) 13:51, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
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Change Queen Victoria from being described as the longest lasting monarch to second longest lasting; she was surpassed by the current Queen in 2015. 74.70.162.10 ( talk) 08:59, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
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Please change the link of "coup" in "
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's
coup in France" from the article for
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Hi all, I would love to propose some additions to the article:
In 1900, Queen Victoria came to Dublin in Dun Laoghaire. In the Little Museum of Dublin, the original photograph of this event is exhibited and the museum tells the story of the British Empire's hold on Ireland [1].
What do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Léa Di Francesco ( talk • contribs) 11:28, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
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Fix this date in order for short description to "Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901". 2001:4452:490:6900:45C4:57CC:A78F:453D ( talk) 23:40, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
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delete "," in the "United Kingdom, and " Alliance ( talk) 12:36, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
Kindly link this article to విక్టోరియా మహారాణి --- Muralikrishna m ( talk) 20:01, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
She is no longer the longest reigning monarch in the uk Countess12 ( talk) 10:51, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
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Under Legacy -> Descendants and haemophilia, Elizabeth II is listed as a living descendant. Following her passing, this should be removed. 149.61.247.209 ( talk) 18:14, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
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Please handle the incoming redirect Victoria Regina. Please link to the disambiguation page Victoria Regina (disambiguation).
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The article states that "Victoria Day is a Canadian statutory holiday" but the hyperlink to Victoria Day already confirms that this is not true, it is in parts of Canada, but not everywhere in Canada. This should be changed slightly to reflect reality, that "Victoria Day is a Canadian holiday in most parts of Canada", or something along those lines. Thank you, 172.102.24.249 ( talk) 15:59, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
I don't the heading Middle reign is accurate because it is not in the middle of her reign. I did the calculations and the middle of her reign is around 1869. I'm not sure which title of the heading is best, but something to consider. Interstellarity ( talk) 16:13, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
I don’t think having years for a section is right for this article when other sections don’t have years. I’m struggling to come up with a good title for this section that is good quality. Britannica has a good system for titles and if we could do something similar, but not exactly the same, that would be great. Interstellarity ( talk) 20:05, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
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Her reign was from 1838 not 1876 92.184.117.239 ( talk) 10:09, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Should we mention that she was briefly the godmother to Albert Kamehameha? It seems notable enough. ✶Mitch199811✶ ( talk) 03:21, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
In the section re Victoria's issue, the table does not sort the 1800 v 1900 dates correctly if you click the date of death column. 24.131.177.146 ( talk) 20:36, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
The first section speaks of a growing empire. It should be correctly labeled as colonialism. The current text is too positive. 2A00:6020:B08F:3F00:5D4F:5406:E53E:281D ( talk) 17:48, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Looking for suggestions about how to clarify that "family" in #Birth and family refers to Victoria's parents and ancestry, while #Family refers to her offspring and descendants. A general passing reader might be confused, I speculate, about where to seek the particular information that interests her or him. Should we add some distinguishing word to #Famly ? Should we replace "family" in both headings with something else (what) ? —— Shakescene ( talk) 18:39, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
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An edit is needed to the comment that Victoria was the longest reigning monarch. She was the second longest reigning monarch. Queen Elizabeth II reigned for 70 years and 217 days. Platy49 ( talk) 22:12, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
N.B. I think the proposer was reading the second sentence of lede:
Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previous British monarch and is known as the Victorian era.
which on a hasty reading can easily plant the understanding that her reign was the longest in English history. A couple of extra words wouldn't hurt (although I can't think of the best ones now). —— Shakescene ( talk) 14:40, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
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It may interest you to know: The Church claims to be both Catholic and Reformed. NOT PROTESTANT. there are also high, middle and low. Anglican churches. I am an Anglican nun. https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/church-of-england#nd SophiaWrose ( talk) 18:01, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
The Infobox entry giving QV's religion as Protestant rather than just Anglican does so largely because of her position vis a vis the Church of Scotland. As to the Church of England, it is widely accepted as being one of the many Protestant churches because its divergence from Rome, although stemming from a specific historical event, was part of the wider movement to reform the Catholic Church. The Wikipedia article on the C of E clearly describes it as Protestant. It is however still Catholic in the sense of being a universal church; it is just no longer Roman Catholic. As to the various streams of Anglicanism ranging from Anglo-Catholic through Broad Church to Evangelism, these are not relevant to the QV article - in that she was Supreme Governor of the Church as a whole, notwithstanding its 'many rooms in one house' nature. Sbishop ( talk) 18:22, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
The article seems to take it for granted that the age of majority was 18, but until 1969 it was 21. I think the Regency Act made special provision for someone who inherited the throne as a minor to have a regent only until they were 18. (I have a dim memory that this may have been because Victoria's mother was 'difficult'.) Snugglepuss ( talk) 08:08, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
Matters went on quietly till the King died. As soon as he was dead the Duchess of Kent wrote to the Duke [of Wellington], and desired that she might be treated as a Dowager Princess of Wales, with a suitable income for herself and her daughter, who she also desired might be treated as Heiress Apparent, and that she should have the sole control over the allowance to be made for both. The Duke replied that her proposition was altogether inadmissible, and that he could not possibly think of proposing anything for her till the matters regarding the King’s Civil List were settled, but that she might rely upon it that no measure which affected her in any way should be considered without being imparted to her and the fullest information given her. At this it appears she took great offence, for she did not speak to him for a long time after.
When the Regency Bill was framed the Duke desired the King’s leave to wait upon the Duchess of Kent and show it to her, to which his Majesty assented, and accordingly he wrote to her to say he would call upon her the next day with the draft of the Bill. She was at Claremont, and sent word that she was out of town, but desired he would send it to her in the country. He said she ought to have sent Sir John Conroy to him, or have desired him to go to her at Claremont, which he would have done, but he wrote her word that he could not explain by letter so fully what he had to say as he could have done in a personal interview, but he would do so as well as he could. In the meantime, Lord Lyndhurst brought on the measure in the House of Lords, and she sent Conroy up to hear him. He returned to Claremont just after the Duchess had received the Duke’s letter. Since that he has dined with her.
The proposition that she be made Heiress Apparent would not have been popular, but if the age of majority was always set at 18 in Regency Acts then it was probably not really relevant. Sbishop ( talk) 10:19, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
Johnbod ( talk) 15:47, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
Queen Elisabeth II was the longest reigning monarch. 109.144.16.217 ( talk) 21:52, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Intro paragraph says "Her reign of 63 years and 216 days is known as the Victorian era and was longer than any of her predecessors". Should this be updated to say second longest reign of any British monarch, surpassed only by Queen Elizabeth II or something along those lines? I know it says predecessors and not of any monarchs but it seems odd. 173.162.154.201 ( talk) 14:52, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
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Queen Victoria took the title of 'Empress of India on 1st January 1977, not 1st May 1876. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.98.161.20 ( talk) 15:48, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Does it strike anyone else as odd that this article doesn't contain even a single mention of her brother Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen or her sister Princess Feodora of Leiningen, the latter with whom she enjoyed an especially close relationship? -- MichiganCharms ( talk) 16:16, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
Shouldn't something be said about the plans to change her name through an Act of Parliament or some form of rechristening during her confirmation? Apparently, King George IV picked the name, though her parents preferred Georgiana or Augusta. However, King William IV did not find the name Victoria English enough and suggested changing it to Elizabeth once it became clear she would succeed him. The Duchess agreed, but then changed her mind. It seems notable, as it was rather unusual and highly covered by newspapers of the time. Surtsicna ( talk) 22:11, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
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Edit line: "The following day, she participated in a procession that, in the words of Mark Twain, "stretched to the limit of sight in both directions" and attended a thanksgiving service in Westminster Abbey.[169]" to remove 'in the words of Mark Twain, "stretched to the limit of sight in both directions"'.
Twain did not attend the Golden Jubilee, he was in Hartford, CONN at the time. Ref: http://www.marktwainproject.org/xtf/search?category=letters;style=mtp;facet-direction=outgoing;facet-written=1880::1887;identifier=UCCL02662;rmode=details for a letter written by him that day from Hartford.
The cited Twain reference is a direct quote from Twain’s “Queen Victoria’s Jubilee”, which describes the 1897 Diamond Jubilee. The line can be found in The Complete Essays Of Mark Twain by Charles Neider , page 197.
This is one of those "global cannonical errors" propagated around the web without checking. Have contacted the Roya Family's web editor about the error on http://www.royal.gov.uk/HMTheQueen/TheQueenandspecialanniversaries/HistoryofJubilees/QueenVictoria.aspx and awaiting reply, but the facts are clear on this: they've mis-applied the quote and it's been copied everywhere.
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I can't edit the article but HM Queen Victoria also bore additional titles as the Male line Grand Daughter of the King of Hanover. Her titles didn't dissapear upon her accession nor the seperation of the crowns. Can someone please add to her titles
As the male-line granddaughter of a King of Hanover, Queen Victoria also bore the titles of Princess of Hanover and Duchess of Brunswick and Lunenburg from birth until death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlfraley ( talk • contribs) 07:18, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
So you just cherry pick what you want in their? The titles where hers as well as her cousins of Cambridge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlfraley ( talk • contribs) 11:09, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
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As a male line grandchild, Queen Victoria held from birth until her death the titles as Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneberg Carlfraley ( talk) 11:06, 20 March 2013 (UTC)carlfraley Carlfraley ( talk) 11:06, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
Here is one source to back it up ^ a b c d Greg Taylor, Nicholas Economou (2006). The Constitution of Victoria. Federation Press. pp. 72–74. ISBN 978-1-86287-612-5. OCLC 81948853. Carlfraley ( talk) 11:23, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
I copied the wrong link, however I'm awaiting a response from the Garter King of Arms office so hopefully that will suffice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlfraley ( talk • contribs) 11:59, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
This is merely a suggestion, and not an imposition. I've noticed that the article doesn't give a good description of how she looked. At the very end it says that she "was physically unprepossessing—she was stout, dowdy and no more than five feet tall". Was she brown-haired? Blonde? What about her eyes? I wonder if the physical description shouldn't be somewhere around her early adulthood? It could say something like "Victoria was blonde and had blue eyes, was five feet tall and was regarded as beautiful" (I'm guessing here). And the above mentioned piece could be easily changed to "was physically unprepossessing but she succeeded in projecting a grand image". Just a thought. -- Lecen ( talk) 12:18, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
A Danish singer participating in the Eurovision Song Contest, Emmelie de Forest (whose original family name is Engtröm), alleges that she is the great-grandchild of Queen Victoria (even branding herself as the "barefoot royal" on her website and using "Victoria's great-grandchild" as her main PR strategy [3]) a claim that was also uncritically reported by the Danish tabloid press a few months ago [4]. The claim is based on
The story is dismissed as a pure fabrication by Marlene A. Eilers Koenig, author of Queen Victoria's Descendants, who should be familiar to those who work on the subject of Victoria's relatives. According to Eilers Koenig, nobody except the Engström family has made this claim of descent from Victoria, not even Maurice de Forest's verifiable and legitimate descendants, and according to her, "it is entirely possible that Ingvar [Engström] concocted the story as an embellishment to his own birth."
It would be helpful if editors knowledgeable about the genealogy of the British Royal Family and Queen Victoria in particular would pay attention to the article Emmelie de Forest and allegations of descent from Queen Victoria that may be inserted into it by uncritical fans. Many Wikipedia articles in other languages reported outright as an undisputed fact that she was Victoria's great-grandchild, and such false pretenses are likely to appear in newspapers during the contest. Vinson wese ( talk) 15:07, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
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i want to add link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(servant) to the word used for "john brown" 117.197.18.197 ( talk) 23:59, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Immediately after the sentence stating that Victoria became Queen upon the death of her uncle, William IV, I inserted the following,
"There was concern, however, that Queen Adelaide, the widow of King William IV, might be pregnant. Therefore, Victoria was proclaimed Queen only conditionally, 'saving the rights of any issue of his late Majesty King William the Fourth which may be borne of his late Majesty's Consort.'"
I included a source for my insertion, http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/19509/pages/1581, which is the Proclamation of Accession, as published in the London Gazette on June 20, 1837.
I think it is fascinating to contemplate that, if Queen Adelaide had been pregnant, her child, if born alive, male or female, would have displaced Victoria from the throne, and I imagined it would be helpful and informative to include that in the article.
Yet, later in the same day, someone reverted it, with the cryptic comment, "Do not analyze, synthesize, interpret, or evaluate material found in a primary source yourself." So, mein Fuhrers of the Wikipedia Gestapo, I have a question for you. How does someone write an article without analyzing, synthesizing, interpreting, or evaluating material from the sources that are consulted? Is the "new style" of Wikipedia writing to be simply a list of sources, without any comment at all?
Lately, I have noticed that the roving Wikipedia editors seem to have a narrow minded view of what is "correct" and do not tolerate any sort of new information, particularly on certain subjects. Why is this so? And what was wrong with adding the sentence I attempted to add. I quoted a historical source in support of it.
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Mentions she had 9 children and then lists 8 not nine in error. Between Helena and Author was and should be inserted:
Louise Caroline Alberta: b.1848, d.1939 English2013 ( talk) 22:00, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
This is a very good image, but not of a particularly notable event in her reign. I've not finished restoring it yet, but, once it is, would this be a useful addition to the article? Adam Cuerden ( talk) 23:25, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
Should we not mention her monogram "VR" (Victoria Regina) somewhere? For example under "Titles, styles, and arms". 79.228.229.104 ( talk) 17:42, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
BBC Radio 4 recently broadcast a short piece on the investigation of a recording made in 1888 of Queen Victoria’s voice. It's probably too trivial and circumstantial to include in this article, and I could not find it mentioned in History of sound recording, Phonautograph, Graphophone, Phonograph nor in this talk page's archive. However, I'll leave a few links here in case someone else might find it interesting: In Search of Queen Victoria’s Voice; A Regal Recording?; and Getting back into the groove. - 84user ( talk) 23:50, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
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Elizabeth II is now the longest-reigning monarch in the United Kingdom, yet it says Victoria still the longest-reigning monarch. It should be changed to make more sense. Thanks!
Z10 435 ( talk) 17:26, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
"Her reign of 63 years and seven months, which is longer than that of any other British monarch and the longest of any female monarch in history..."
Recently surpassed by Elizabeth II, no?
2601:643:8001:4635:2001:166:8A0C:571C ( talk) 10:36, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
Will happen on Wednesday at around 5.30pm . 86.3.238.222 ( talk) 10:48, 7 September 2015 (UTC)Random 86.3.238.222 ( talk) 10:48, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
It's been updated, but currently says "...until being surpassed by that of Elizabeth II in November 2015." This should be September, obviously, but I can't edit it due to the semi-protection status of the article. 96.255.96.137 ( talk) 00:12, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
I do CC (classical conversations) and this is not any help — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:C032:B520:6948:53AF:20B0:D72E ( talk) 17:51, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
I was reading today's Guardian article on Victoria, which mentions "Bertie". Was he Edward VII? I couldn't remember. I knew he was George VI, but he was probably Edward as well. I thought Wikipedia would tell me, in this article. It didn't, so, having checked it at Edward VII, I put it in, and her deathbed seemed the best place. Victoria's nickname for her son and heir should be in there somewhere, especially as it's another descendant king's nickname as well. Rothorpe ( talk) 20:23, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
Did she die from a stroke? ( 217.35.237.72 ( talk) 10:34, 23 June 2016 (UTC))
perhaps under the section of her early life, it would be good to add that she could speak Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi? This would give the reader a better context with her relationship with her Munshi and her empire. She was taught this in preparation to become the Empress of India. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.82.18.76 ( talk) 23:35, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
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Would it be possible to add a new page on the English Heritage Osborne page to the links at the foot of the page:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/osborne/queen-victoria/
31.222.211.51 ( talk) 14:09, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
Can I request that under the section 'Heir Presumptive', the potentially offensive term 'bastard' is replaced by the more neutral 'illegitimate' in the fourth line ('King William's bastard children'). (I'm waiting for a password reset as I haven't logged in for a while.) 202.4.70.206 ( talk) 01:03, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
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I need to edit some minor errors BobbyFisher ( talk) 20:07, 10 January 2017 (UTC)
This page should be edited to add the category Category:Queens regnant of England to the page, should it not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.151.56.105 ( talk • contribs) 06:27, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
Her reigning years near the title are wrong . She didn't reign from 1901 till 1956 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Springsky ( talk • contribs) 22:36, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
I came here to report this too. Right under her name at the very top it says "British monarch who reigned 1956–1901". If I'm still unclear about this error, it's the short blurb that shows up under the autocomplete result when you type in "Queen Victoria". Hasbin ( talk) 03:55, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
This should be added to first paragraph From her accession to the throne, she also became queen of the British Empire (later British Commonwealth), containing colonies and dominions around the world. This is in line with Monarchy of Canada information on-line. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.150.198.190 ( talk • contribs) 04:52, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
As a former resident of the village of Sadberge, I note that there is a large boulder on the village green bearing a plaque, upon which Queen Victoria is also identified as the Countess of Sadberge. I am wondering as to the origin of this title and, if legitimate, whether it bears including in Victoria's titles and styles or elsewhere. Morogth ( talk) 17:32, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
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The article does not, I believe, reflect the real extent of the controversy over her reaction to the Irish famine. In particular, this article refers to her being the largest individual donor. However other articles contextualize this - thus, the Irish Famine article ( /info/en/?search=Great_Famine_(Ireland)) adds: "According to legend,[88][89] Sultan Abdülmecid I of the Ottoman Empire originally offered to send £10,000 but was asked either by British diplomats or his own ministers to reduce it to £1,000 to avoid donating more than the Queen.[90]", the implication being that Victoria set a rather low bar with her donation that others (her subjects or otherwise) did not dare to exceed.
The Legacy of the Irish Famine article ( /info/en/?search=Legacy_of_the_Great_Irish_Famine) also has: "On instruction of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Victoria made what was largely seen as a propaganda visit in 1849. However, this visit was conducted under stringent security measures and was not free from protests or controversy. The amount of money lavished on her visit by the Dublin Castle administration far exceeded her own personal contributions to famine relief (one banquet, for instance, cost over £5,000) and the official celebrations surrounding her visit were compared to the act of "illuminating a graveyard" in a newspaper editorial at the time.[6]"
Basically as-is there is a rather misleading sleight of hand in including the (factual) statement about her being the largest single donor without including the rather severe qualifications to that that are found in other articles. The article has substantial sections on rather minor events such as her jubilees, so I believe that including additional information on her reaction to a major disaster in her dominions (historians still debate whether or not it constituted genocide) can be expanded a bit to provide the requisite context to the existing remarks.
The purpose of this article is to describe Victoria as a historical personage in the context of her life and times, not to provide a celebratory puff piece for the comfort of modern day British nationalists and other royalist romantics. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.55.235.240 ( talk • contribs) 12:09, 4 October 2017 (UTC)
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I took out a phrase naming her reign the Victorian Era from one sentence, and made it into a separate sentence. I also added the clause about her reign ranking in length behind Elizabeth II. Princetoniac ( talk) 21:16, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
The citation used by Euanjamie https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ukcompare/result.php?year_source=1845&amount=2000&year_result=2018 says the relative value is between £182,000 and £6.85 million, which is not very different from the figures used by DrKay and the other citation (£177,700 and £6.5 million). The difference is caused by using a different start year: 1845 for Euanjamie and 1846 for DrKay. The donation was made in January 1847, so of the two options, a start year of 1846 is better. Celia Homeford ( talk) 11:19, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Was she ever referred to as such? Her father was not Duke of Kent but Duke of Kent and Strathearn. Surtsicna ( talk) 20:15, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
In the section about her death it refers to Queen Elizabeth II as her 'great-great-granddaughter'. That is wrong; It should be one great not 2. Queen Elizabeth's father George V was Queen Victoria's Grandson. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:192:4800:BBAC:A8B6:C35F:55DD:438F ( talk) 21:50, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
A Puff piece is an idiom for a journalistic form of puffery: an article or story of exaggerating praise that often ignores or downplays opposing viewpoints or evidence to the contrary.
As it is widely known that a "public relations"/propaganda firm is employed by this family to ensure glowing articles and control on all information the world gets exposed to, even to the extent of them engaging in TV propaganda film, of late. That means this article is well and truly within the WP:promo categorization if there ever was one. As one intriguing sees a complete lack of even a drop of neutral presentation on this individual, infamously nicknamed the 'famine queen' by Maud Gonne and others, which certainly meets the criteria of WP:NOTABLE. Don't you think? Gonne's article was suppressed by British authorities back when it was written, as surely as it was then, I have no doubt the same will occur here again, or is there any surprise why it's not even in the article now? ...puff piece?
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/queen-victoria-irish-famine
Similarly, the same PR example of 'get the monarch to feign empathy policy' occurred over India, while in the boardroom, the Council of India the very opposite was decided upon but how could they do that the Government of India Act 1858 - This act provided that India was to be governed directly and in the name of the Crown? So how much was done in their name? How many died exactly? Like a mafia, you have a public condemnation, feign sympathy then behind the scenes you actually let your heavies do the wet work, on your behalf. Are you shocked with the parallels? Outraged with cognitive dissonance?
Although Victoria in her message to the Imperial Assemblage had reassured Indians that their "happiness, prosperity and welfare" were the "present aims and objects of Our Empire," Temple's brief from the Council of India left no ambiguity about the government's true priorities: "The task of saving life irrespective of cost, is one which it is beyond our power to undertake. The embarrassment of debt and weight of taxation consequent on the expense thereby involved would soon become more fatal than the famine itself." Likewise, the viceroy insisted that Temple everywhere in Madras "tighten the reins." The famine campaign in Lytton's conception was a semi-military demonstration of Britain's necessary guardianship over a people unable to help themselves, not an opportunity for Indian initiative or self-organization. If, as a modern authority on famine emphasizes, "emergency relief, like development aid, is only truly effective if the recipients have the power to determine what it is and how it is used," Temple's perverse task was to make relief as repugnant and ineffective as possible. In zealously following his instructions to the letter, he became to Indian history what Charles Edward Trevelyan — permanent secretary to the Treasury during the Great Hunger (and, later, governor of Madras) — had become to Irish history: the personification of free market economics as a mask for colonial genocide.
http://movies2.nytimes.com/books/first/d/davis-victorian.html
So it clearly is plain to see that this article is perverse as is the character of people engaged in this, obviously slick oiled mill of disappearing criticism and general PR work.
WP:advert does clearly state - Advertising, marketing or public relations. Information about people, organizations, issues, and products must be written in an objective and unbiased style, free of puffery.
Free of puffery, now I wonder, do you think if there ever was a need to give an example of strategic puffery on wikipedia, would this article and all those that are 'in the family' be it?
By the way, to the PR team responsible for the recent propaganda TV show, there is no evidence that your Victoria darling acted in any way like as depicted. Though then again, the truth, isn't what you really want people knowing about is it?
What next, Hitler's extended family going to fund a TV special where he visits Auschwitz, looking shocked and appalled? As you may likewise know he never signed anything that explicitly ordered the conditions, or have historians found anything surviving in his name, in bold capitals that he wanted those millions starved and gassed to death. Now does that likewise mean he didn't know about them? Or the frequent one wheeled out from the Windsor family, that his/her advisors kept them in the dark? Either way it's a 'nice' bit of distancing there, that the comparable neo-nazis sure get a lot of mileage out of. Though the failure to write it in block capitals and general attitude of leave it up to my good men representing me, all that, he learned the 'art' of that particular distancing/plausible deniability deception from who? Who was he a fan of? - Can you guess? Monarchy, and what do you know, a particularly unique fondness for the British one. Boundarylayer ( talk) 05:35, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
If you have the sources for it, why don't you work in the article? You are an editor with years of experience. You already know Fix it yourself instead of just talking about it. is a guideline.: "If you notice an unambiguous error or problem that any reasonable person would recommend fixing, the best course of action may be to be bold and fix it yourself rather than bringing it to someone's attention in the form of a comment or complaint. In the time it takes to write about the problem, you could instead improve the encyclopedia." Dimadick ( talk) 11:17, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
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In Early Reign, 3rd paragraph, the quote of Charles Greville, "he" should be "she":
Charles Greville supposed that the widowed and childless Melbourne was "passionately fond of her as she might be of his daughter if he had one",
I doubt that was a mistake of Charles Greville. 70.93.213.142 ( talk) 16:29, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
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Change 'bedchamber crisis' to 'Bedchamber Crisis' to bypass Redirect. AntiquesGeek ( talk) 06:04, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
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Change "Napoleon III, since the Crimean War Britain's closest ally,[98] visited London in April 1855,..."
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Previous iteration did not make sense grammatically. Ala132 ( talk) 00:53, 8 April 2019 (UTC)
Shouldn't this section be "Heiress presumptive"? 173.90.65.191 ( talk) 07:17, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
Why do the Info and succession boxes treat Empress of India as a separate position from Queen of the United Kingdom. Having read the Royal Titles Act of 1876 and subsequent proclamation Empress of India was a new title attached to the throne of the UK, not a new throne. In this regard it is similar to other titles such as Defender of the Faith. As a result there should only be one entry in the info and succession boxes. Given the title's significance perhaps it could be put under the main title of Queen of the United Kingdom as follows: "(Empress of India since...)". Emperor001 ( talk) 12:52, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
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Elizabeth II has now been queen longer that Victoria was. Article should no longer say she reigned longer than monarch who followed her. 73.185.182.4 ( talk) 15:22, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
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In the "Legacy" section, in the caption for the picture of the Queen laughing, can someone link "We" to Royal we. 192.35.35.35 ( talk) 17:11, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
Does anybody have access to Queen Victoria's Journal: http://qvj.chadwyck.com/marketing.do ? Trying to mention to "Pritchard", "Pomare", "Otaheite" or "Tahiti". KAVEBEAR ( talk) 22:17, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
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Under the Legacy heading, change "Despite this destruction, much of the diaries still exist." to "Despite this destruction, many of the diaries still exist."
Reason: In the english language "much" should be used when the quantity described is uncountable, and "many" should be used when it is countable. Since the above line refers to a quantity of diaries, this is countable and should therefore use "many" instead.
For more information on this grammar rule, see: https://grammarist.com/usage/many-much/ Fehrtyler5 ( talk) 15:37, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
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her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than that of any of her predecessors. 2605:6000:1526:5728:B55E:B04A:EB5A:BDEA ( talk) 01:06, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than most of her predecessors.
On Lady Flora-Hastings' page, it is mentioned and referenced that the Queen felt deep regrets for her role in the scandal and was tormented with nightmares and guilty memories for years afterwards.
I think this should be mentioned on this page as well. It adds depth to the Queen and I would have never known if I hadn't visited Lady Flora's page as well. This information should be added to this page so people reading about the Queen can know her feelings. 2601:150:8200:A2C0:E43E:E3F2:D2AE:3B5D ( talk) 15:39, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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In the opening sentence, change "...until her death. On 1 May 1876, she adopted the additional title of Empress of India." to "...until her death. She adopted the additional title of Empress of India on 1 May 1876." or "...until her death. Additionally She adopted the title of Empress of India on 1 May 1876."
It is very easy to conflate the 2 sentences as "...until her death on 1 May 1876...". I think moving the date of the second sentence to the end could prevent this misreading. Bdnchr ( talk) 22:25, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
I am often dismayed at the mistakes in kinship and genealogy that appear on Wikipedia, but I also believe in giving credit where credit is due. The section on Victoria’s evolving place in the line of succession is exactly right in all particulars, including her eventual designation as heir presumptive. This acknowledges the British belief that a Monarch without an heir, no matter what their age or health, is assumed to be able to produce an heir so long as they are alive, and thus Victoria’s place could be supplanted, and she could never be an heir apparent.
It is interesting to note that under the old system a female could be an heir apparent if her dead father, were he alive, would have been the heir apparent. It sounds simple enough but I believe it's never happened. At any rate, the information given is especially relevant since the daughter of a Monarch's fourth son would have been considered a long shot for the throne. Bravo! 71.162.113.226 ( talk) 14:29, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Yes, if the heir apparent died with no male children, his oldest female child would be heir apparent, since the only thing that could supersede her, a brother, was now impossible. I'm still surprised it's never happened since it's not that outlandish a situation. And there was actually a female heir apparent, but it was a special case.
That was Anne, younger sister of Mary II who was co-monarch with her husband William III. The way Parliament worked that out, (1) When one of the co-monarchs died, the other would continue to rule and (2) the line of succession would be: first, children of Mary by William or anyone else, second, Anne and her descendants, and third, William's descendants by anyone other than Mary. This was putting William's descendants in his hereditary place as Mary's first cousin. Once Mary died childless, William had no power to beget an heir, thus Anne was heir apparent. 71.162.113.226 ( talk) 17:21, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
There is nothing in the article about cuisine! Celia Homeford reverted my brief addition because it was "plopped into the middle of a section dealing with more important issues". Thank you Celia for the attention to this.
It's true, but I thought the article should have some discussion of cuisine and culture during Victoria's reign. The lede says her reign "was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire." But, I can't find any discussion of cultural changes in the article, so I had to settle for a see also link. Spudlace ( talk) 08:24, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
In the 1874 general election, Disraeli was returned to power. He passed the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874, which removed Catholic rituals from the Anglican liturgy and which Victoria strongly supported. She preferred short, simple services, and personally considered herself more aligned with the presbyterian Church of Scotland than the episcopal Church of England. Disraeli also pushed the Royal Titles Act 1876 through Parliament, so that Victoria took the title "Empress of India" from 1 May 1876. The new title was proclaimed at the Delhi Durbar of 1 January 1877.
There is very little in the section about India. The next paragraph is about her daughter and the birth of her great grand daughter, followed by another longwinded discussion of Disraeli's trite foreign policy "If we are to maintain our position as a first-rate Power", she wrote, "we must ... be Prepared for attacks and wars, somewhere or other, CONTINUALLY." - but why is the Anglo Zulu War discussed in the section about India? Although my own ignorance is surely to blame, shouldn't this be clear, even to the average reader?
While superficial connections to the Queen are made, it does seem within scope to discuss her impact and views on the cultural changes of her reign if it's teased in the lede. Spudlace ( talk) 08:46, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
In the "Early reign" section, there's an image titled "Victoria receives the news of her accession from Lord Conyngham (left) and the Archbishop of Canterbury. Engraving after painting by Henry Tanworth Wells, 1887."
This appears to be the original painting rather than an engraving, assuming I'm interpreting this correctly. Ormewood ( talk) 21:45, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
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From the Widowhood section: "Slanderous rumours of a romantic connection and even a secret marriage appeared in print, and the Queen was referred to as "Mrs. Brown". The story of their relationship was the subject of the 1997 movie Mrs. Brown."
Since the rumours were never found to be slander in the legal sense, shouldn't this read "salacious"? Alternatively, the word could be removed entirely. Given that the Queen was also referred to by her name, there should be some qualifier for saying she "was referred to as "Mrs. Brown".". I suggest "some referred to the Queen as "Mrs. Brown".". Separately, as it is not a source and does not add to the facts of her life, I believe the mention of the film Mrs. Brown should be removed.
As a result of these changes, the sentence: "Slanderous rumours of a romantic connection and even a secret marriage appeared in print, and the Queen was referred to as "Mrs. Brown". The story of their relationship was the subject of the 1997 movie Mrs. Brown.", would become "Rumours of a romantic connection and even a secret marriage appeared in print, and some referred to the Queen as "Mrs. Brown"." 188.30.127.142 ( talk) 17:59, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
Could someone please exchange the current video: "File:Queen Victoria In Dublin (Rare archive footage from 1900).webm|thumb|upright|Queen Victoria in Dublin, 1900" for this one without sound: Queen Victoria In Dublin (1900)? Why someone would place Chopin's Funeral March over celebration footage of the Queen is beyond me. It is not her funeral procession. Maineartists ( talk) 23:44, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
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Please can you make this fact recorded on the page? 2A00:23C4:29B9:6D01:5D09:81F2:38B1:5639 ( talk) 13:44, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
During the Great Famine in Ireland of the 1840s, Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid of Turkey donated £1,000 to famine relief. He had originally offered £10,000 but this was reduced at Victoria's request as she did not wish to have someone giving a larger amount than her.
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Change the caption under Queen_Victoria_by_Julia_Abercromby.jpg. While the statement about Victoria admiring Heinrich von Angeli's 1875 portrait is true, this is actually the first "National Portrait" of Queen Victoria, a watercolor by Julia Abercromby; Abercromby based her work on that of von Angeli's, so there is a distinct similarity. My proposal for the caption:
The first "National Portrait" of Queen Victoria, a watercolor by Julia Abercromby that is based on von Angeli's 1875 portrait of her. Victoria admired Heinrich von Angeli's portrait for its "honesty, total want of flattery, and appreciation of character."
The second sentence might be considered debatable, for inclusion, as it makes the caption a bit long.
(See also /info/en/?search=Julia_Abercromby,_Baroness_Abercromby)
Thanks. I'm not "established" yet, so can't edit this article. Jmc73 ( talk) 18:17, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
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mother of Edward the second she was the predasesor 47.138.36.205 ( talk) 21:19, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
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I believe it worth mentioning Ulysses S. Grant dining with Queen Victoria June 26, 1877. The U.S. was an emerging world power at the time. Cmguy777 ( talk) 05:00, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
However, the text hardly suggests that it did much to affect diplomatic ties Sbishop ( talk) 07:29, 14 June 2021 (UTC)Sbishop
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Reign | 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901 |
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Like in the article of Elizabeth II, can a list of Victoria's prime ministers be included under Queen of the United Kingdom in the infobox? 81.147.76.243 ( talk) 15:13, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
Sbishop ( talk) 15:55, 17 June 2021 (UTC)Sbishop
In my opinion, the section 1842–1860 should have a word/phrase heading, like other sections. I think it doesn't look good. Peter Ormond 💬 06:05, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
Archived to Talk:Queen_Victoria/Article_title#Requested_move_9_July_2021. — В²C ☎ 21:44, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
I think we should change the image to the one on the right since I think it is better to show the full portrait. We could always touch up the image so it is higher resolution. I'm not good with editing images, but if someone with the expertise could, that would be great. Interstellarity ( talk) 17:10, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
Please be advised than on several devices, especially mobile phones, the page shows the Nazi Germany flag in full screen superimposed on top of the page. I do not know how to edit this out, but this should be dealt with as soon as possible. Edit: it seems this incongruent ‘feature’ has been immediately removed 85.31.132.219 ( talk) 13:51, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
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WP:SDLENGTH recommends no more than 40 characters. How can we reduce it from Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901) and Empress of India (1876–1901)
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Change Queen Victoria from being described as the longest lasting monarch to second longest lasting; she was surpassed by the current Queen in 2015. 74.70.162.10 ( talk) 08:59, 27 October 2021 (UTC)
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Please change the link of "coup" in "
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's
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Hi all, I would love to propose some additions to the article:
In 1900, Queen Victoria came to Dublin in Dun Laoghaire. In the Little Museum of Dublin, the original photograph of this event is exhibited and the museum tells the story of the British Empire's hold on Ireland [1].
What do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Léa Di Francesco ( talk • contribs) 11:28, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
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Fix this date in order for short description to "Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901". 2001:4452:490:6900:45C4:57CC:A78F:453D ( talk) 23:40, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
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delete "," in the "United Kingdom, and " Alliance ( talk) 12:36, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
Kindly link this article to విక్టోరియా మహారాణి --- Muralikrishna m ( talk) 20:01, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
She is no longer the longest reigning monarch in the uk Countess12 ( talk) 10:51, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
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Under Legacy -> Descendants and haemophilia, Elizabeth II is listed as a living descendant. Following her passing, this should be removed. 149.61.247.209 ( talk) 18:14, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
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Please handle the incoming redirect Victoria Regina. Please link to the disambiguation page Victoria Regina (disambiguation).
Please add the hatnote
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The article states that "Victoria Day is a Canadian statutory holiday" but the hyperlink to Victoria Day already confirms that this is not true, it is in parts of Canada, but not everywhere in Canada. This should be changed slightly to reflect reality, that "Victoria Day is a Canadian holiday in most parts of Canada", or something along those lines. Thank you, 172.102.24.249 ( talk) 15:59, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
I don't the heading Middle reign is accurate because it is not in the middle of her reign. I did the calculations and the middle of her reign is around 1869. I'm not sure which title of the heading is best, but something to consider. Interstellarity ( talk) 16:13, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
I don’t think having years for a section is right for this article when other sections don’t have years. I’m struggling to come up with a good title for this section that is good quality. Britannica has a good system for titles and if we could do something similar, but not exactly the same, that would be great. Interstellarity ( talk) 20:05, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
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Her reign was from 1838 not 1876 92.184.117.239 ( talk) 10:09, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Should we mention that she was briefly the godmother to Albert Kamehameha? It seems notable enough. ✶Mitch199811✶ ( talk) 03:21, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
In the section re Victoria's issue, the table does not sort the 1800 v 1900 dates correctly if you click the date of death column. 24.131.177.146 ( talk) 20:36, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
The first section speaks of a growing empire. It should be correctly labeled as colonialism. The current text is too positive. 2A00:6020:B08F:3F00:5D4F:5406:E53E:281D ( talk) 17:48, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Looking for suggestions about how to clarify that "family" in #Birth and family refers to Victoria's parents and ancestry, while #Family refers to her offspring and descendants. A general passing reader might be confused, I speculate, about where to seek the particular information that interests her or him. Should we add some distinguishing word to #Famly ? Should we replace "family" in both headings with something else (what) ? —— Shakescene ( talk) 18:39, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
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An edit is needed to the comment that Victoria was the longest reigning monarch. She was the second longest reigning monarch. Queen Elizabeth II reigned for 70 years and 217 days. Platy49 ( talk) 22:12, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
N.B. I think the proposer was reading the second sentence of lede:
Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previous British monarch and is known as the Victorian era.
which on a hasty reading can easily plant the understanding that her reign was the longest in English history. A couple of extra words wouldn't hurt (although I can't think of the best ones now). —— Shakescene ( talk) 14:40, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
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It may interest you to know: The Church claims to be both Catholic and Reformed. NOT PROTESTANT. there are also high, middle and low. Anglican churches. I am an Anglican nun. https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/church-of-england#nd SophiaWrose ( talk) 18:01, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
The Infobox entry giving QV's religion as Protestant rather than just Anglican does so largely because of her position vis a vis the Church of Scotland. As to the Church of England, it is widely accepted as being one of the many Protestant churches because its divergence from Rome, although stemming from a specific historical event, was part of the wider movement to reform the Catholic Church. The Wikipedia article on the C of E clearly describes it as Protestant. It is however still Catholic in the sense of being a universal church; it is just no longer Roman Catholic. As to the various streams of Anglicanism ranging from Anglo-Catholic through Broad Church to Evangelism, these are not relevant to the QV article - in that she was Supreme Governor of the Church as a whole, notwithstanding its 'many rooms in one house' nature. Sbishop ( talk) 18:22, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
The article seems to take it for granted that the age of majority was 18, but until 1969 it was 21. I think the Regency Act made special provision for someone who inherited the throne as a minor to have a regent only until they were 18. (I have a dim memory that this may have been because Victoria's mother was 'difficult'.) Snugglepuss ( talk) 08:08, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
Matters went on quietly till the King died. As soon as he was dead the Duchess of Kent wrote to the Duke [of Wellington], and desired that she might be treated as a Dowager Princess of Wales, with a suitable income for herself and her daughter, who she also desired might be treated as Heiress Apparent, and that she should have the sole control over the allowance to be made for both. The Duke replied that her proposition was altogether inadmissible, and that he could not possibly think of proposing anything for her till the matters regarding the King’s Civil List were settled, but that she might rely upon it that no measure which affected her in any way should be considered without being imparted to her and the fullest information given her. At this it appears she took great offence, for she did not speak to him for a long time after.
When the Regency Bill was framed the Duke desired the King’s leave to wait upon the Duchess of Kent and show it to her, to which his Majesty assented, and accordingly he wrote to her to say he would call upon her the next day with the draft of the Bill. She was at Claremont, and sent word that she was out of town, but desired he would send it to her in the country. He said she ought to have sent Sir John Conroy to him, or have desired him to go to her at Claremont, which he would have done, but he wrote her word that he could not explain by letter so fully what he had to say as he could have done in a personal interview, but he would do so as well as he could. In the meantime, Lord Lyndhurst brought on the measure in the House of Lords, and she sent Conroy up to hear him. He returned to Claremont just after the Duchess had received the Duke’s letter. Since that he has dined with her.
The proposition that she be made Heiress Apparent would not have been popular, but if the age of majority was always set at 18 in Regency Acts then it was probably not really relevant. Sbishop ( talk) 10:19, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
Johnbod ( talk) 15:47, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
Queen Elisabeth II was the longest reigning monarch. 109.144.16.217 ( talk) 21:52, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
Intro paragraph says "Her reign of 63 years and 216 days is known as the Victorian era and was longer than any of her predecessors". Should this be updated to say second longest reign of any British monarch, surpassed only by Queen Elizabeth II or something along those lines? I know it says predecessors and not of any monarchs but it seems odd. 173.162.154.201 ( talk) 14:52, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
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