THE BRITISH EMPRESS Queen Victoria

Fue una de las figuras más imponentes del siglo XIX, símbolo del esplendor imperial del Reino Unido y de su hegemonía económica, política y cultural. Con un talante reservado y algo huraño, construyó una monarquía constitucional moderna y consiguió acercar la institución al gran público británico.

by CONOR GLEESON

TOP BRITS A towering1 figure in British history, Queen Victoria was actually a diminutive figure, just one metre fifty in height. By the end of her sixty-three year reign, she ruled2 not only the world’s most important economic power at that time, but also an enormous empire that covered 25 per cent of the globe and numbered3 four hundred million subjects4. A NEW CONFIDENT AGE Victoria, her husband Albert, Prince Consort, and their nine children came to represent a new, confident age. She created an innovative role for the royal family, reconnecting it with the public through civic duties5. The idol of her people, she restored6 dignity and popularity to a tarnished7 crown through honesty and a sense of duty. She set the standard8 for Britain’s modern monarchy. UNHAPPY CHILDHOOD…

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