The Love Story Behind Queen Victoria's Crown Jewels
Despite her giant impact on her subjects, Victoria’s diminutive crown became perhaps the most recognizable symbol of her reign and of her love for her husband.
By Grace Hill
PUBLISHED December 13, 2017
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.â€
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