![]() ![]() Victoria started a daily journal in 1832, and continued writing it until just ten days before her death, filling 121 volumes. But Queen Victoria: didn't just keep an eye on what the public thought of her, she kept track of her own thoughts too. She carefully controlled the way her pictures looked to get the right message across, and create official photographs to share with the people, just like the Royals do today. Having seen the power of photography at the exhibition, Victoria knew, "these photograph things are going to catch on." She continued to use photograph to get her image out there. Even this guy went along to find out about the inventions and scientific advances. For many of them, it was the first time they'd ever seen a photograph. That was nearly a third of the entire British population at the time. ![]() Six million people visited the great exhibition. In 1851, Victoria and Albert's collection of images was displayed at the great exhibition in London. So, with her husband Albert, she started collecting photographs. For the first time, you could see what people really looked like. Luckily, photography was invented in 1839, and Victoria was like, "this blows my mind." Photography was the most accurate way to capture events in detail. These days, taking a photo is no big deal, but in early Victorian times, if you wanted a quick selfie, then you had to paint it. The Victorian era was full of growth, discovery, and inventions, like the humble photograph. East, the empire reached Australia and New Zealand, plus, a few other places. South, across Africa, including Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa. It stretched west from Great Britain to Canada. During the Victorian era, the British Empire became the largest empire the world had ever seen. "hang about, if Britain controls India and Vicky controls Britain, why doesn't Vicky control India?" So, Disraeli offered Victoria the title of Empress of India. Queen Victoria: didn't have a huge amount to do with it, until one day, her pal, Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was like. Even before Queen Victoria: was around, the British Empire had been expanding, taking land and resources all over the world, often by force, all in the name of trade. But, she didn't just wake up one day and decide.įrom now on, people must call me the Empress of India. And, she was the first to become the Empress of India. She was the first monarch to live in Buckingham Palace. That's Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the second to you. In fact, it wasn't until 2015 that Queen Liz overtook her. This absolute powerhouse of a monarch reined from the 20th of June, 1837, to the 22nd of January, 1901, which was longer than any British king or queen had reined before. Well, one woman and her parents, they did name her after all. Have you ever wondered how the Victorians got their name? There's one woman to thank for that. ![]()
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