... the squalor of nineteenth century life as a child and at times could appear very naïve. Her mother was very over protective of her and slept in the same room as Victoria up to the day of her coronation. Her father died when she was eight months old so she and her mother relied mainly on her uncle, Leopold, Prince of Belgium, for advice. The young queen to be was not given a very good example of how to be a good monarch as she watched her uncle and grandfather drinking and womanising their reigns away. However, this was not to affect Victoria as she and her husband Albert, whom she married in 1840, eventually led Britain to the peak of their importance. Victoria and Albert had nine children and forty grandchildren. The whole of Britain celebrated Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887. She died fourteen years later in 1901. Victoria and ...

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