Queen Victoria circa 1900

Excerpt from the historical monologue "400 Years of English History" presented by artist/historian George S. Stuart as part of an exhibit of his Historical Figures at the Ventura County Museum of Art and History in Ventura California. Visit the Gallery of Historical Figures online at http://www.galleryhistoricalfigures.com.

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[mharrsch]

That's about the wildest myth I've ever heard. Queen Victoria had multiple children and descendants.

[JohnnyH1982]

Victoria Imperatrix Regina

God Bless the Queen!

[GenericGene]

Very interesting account of history - thanks.

[kendahke]

Do not go by this guy's recounting of anything historical. He pulls most of what he talks about out of his butt. If you want to know the mind of Victoria R&I, then read the published series of her correspondences with her daughter, Vicki when she was the crown princess then Empress of Prussia. You will get insight into both of their minds for a span of over 40 years.

[Strefanasha]

@johneunson sorry, not really. i have read some biographies of quenn Victoria but my aging memory cannot name them. A dictatorship? I really dont think so. he was a liberal. their eldest daughter was liberal as was her husband, Frederick Wilhem, and there were great hopes for this. But poor Laiser Willy, her son was nothing of the sort.

I suspect Albert was something of a prig but he and Victoria totally adored each other

[johneunson]

@Strefanasha yes, it was tragic. some polition said recently, 'had albert lived he would have turned britain into a dictatorship'. what do you think this means? i find victoria enigmatic....but i seem not to be able to get any insight into what made albert 'tick'. can you recommend any materials i should read?

[Strefanasha]

@johneunson overwork killed him. he was too dutiful for his own good, hence the premature aging. he was aftger all only 42

[Strefanasha]

@TheNeoVictorian what do you mean by victorian? She was never stuffy, repressed or hypocritical. and she was not racist at all, hence her fondness for the socalled Munshi at the end of her life.

I think the author's comment that she was never a victorian was correct

[paixx12]

He speaks as if he were there.

[JuanMacready]

Britain was already the world power when Victoria acceeded to the throne.

[talmadge1926]

I believe a photograph of Prince Albert on his deathbed still hangs over the Queens bed at Osborne House where his watch is still on his bedside table, His walking sticks etc exactly where he left them and his desk with everything as it was when he died. Fresh soap and Nightgowns were laid out every evening for the rest of her life. The Prince worked hard on various committees to the detriment of his delicate health. His crowning acheivement being the Great Exhibition of 1851.

[TrcDK]

the man in the start can remember it :D hehe

[TheNeoVictorian]

This man does awful "art" and his history is just as bad - if these videos and his website are any indication.

Queen Victoria - "never a Victorian"? Rubbish. She was notorious for being just as middle-class as her subjects, which is why Gladstone said that the Queen's opinion was an excellent substitute for a referendum.

Making up lies for a pseudo-clever little turn of phrase at the end of a biosketch is one thing, but calling that "history" is disingenuous.