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Story behind Queen Victoria's crown jewels


Still Waters

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Early one June morning in 1837, a few weeks after her 18th birthday, Princess Victoria was awoken by her mother to greet the Archbishop of Canterbury, who delivered the news that King William IV had just died. Victoria, still in her nightdress, had become queen. That night she wrote in her journal: “Very few have more real good will and more real desire to do what is fit and right than I have.”

Victoria’s accession marked a significant change. Gone were the old men who had ruled for half a century, replaced by a young queen soon to have her own family. 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2017/09-10/queen-victoria-crown-jewel-koh-i-noor-diamond/

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On 13/12/2017 at 11:36 AM, Still Waters said:

Victoria’s accession marked a significant change. Gone were the old men who had ruled for half a century, replaced by a young queen soon to have her own family. 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2017/09-10/queen-victoria-crown-jewel-koh-i-noor-diamond/

Her grandfather, the great King George III, was only 22 when he ascended the throne on 25th October 1760.

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