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Speaker 1 Queen Victoria was on the throne of Great Britain for 63 years and seven months until her death in 1901.0:06
She became Queen at the age of 18, after her father and his three elder brothers had all died.0:17
Queen Victoria became very popular with the people of her country.0:24
She was admired and respected and was a very wise ruler.0:28
The years when she was the Queen are known as the Victorian era.0:33
Speaker 2 Queen Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert, in 1840.0:41
She loved her husband very much.0:49
They had nine children and 34 grandchildren.0:52
Many of them married into important families across the continent.0:56
That's why she got the name the Grandmother of Europe.1:00
After Albert's death in 1861, she was very unhappy and lonely.1:04
Speaker 3 Queen Victoria was born on the 24th of May, 1819.1:12
Her name was Alexandrina Victoria.1:20
Alexandrina after Emperor Alexander I of Russia and Victoria after the girl's mother.1:23
Victoria's early years were rather sad.1:29
She didn't play with other children and met very few people.1:32
Victoria had regular classes with a teacher in the palace and spent her playtime with her dolls and her favorite dog, a spaniel called Dash.1:36
Her lessons included French, German, Italian and Latin American.1:46
But she spoke only English at home.1:50
Speaker 4 On the 24th of May, 1837, Victoria became Queen of the United Kingdom.1:55
In her diary, she wrote about that.2:03
I got up at 6 o' clock because Mama told me that some important people were here and wanted to see me.2:06
I went into my sitting room alone and was told that my poor uncle, the King, was was no more.2:13
He had died at 12 minutes past 2 this morning and that I am a queen.2:19
Official documents prepared on the first day described her as Alexandrina Victoria, but she asked not to use the first name again.2:25
Speaker 5 At the end of the 19th century, Victoria visited Europe regularly for holidays.2:36
In 1889, she visited Spain, but her health was not good enough.2:44
She felt pains in her legs and she couldn't see well.2:50
In 1900, she often felt weak and unwell.2:55
She died on Tuesday 22 January 1901, at half past six in the evening.2:59
Her son, King Edward VII, and her eldest grandson were at her deathbed.3:08
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