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• constitutional monarchy君主立宪制 • national icon 国家形 象
A leader in Glorious revolution
She married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840.
• Charles Robert Darwin 达尔 文 • Charles J来自百度文库hn Huffam Dickens 狄 更斯 • incandesc ent lamp白 炽灯 • World„s fair 万国博览会
• 1. I am very glad to be here to give you my oral presentation about a legendary woman Queen Victoria. • 2. As English major students, we are all familiar with British culture. Queen Victoria was the monarch of the Unite Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death, 22 January 1901. And from 1 may 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India. • 3. Her empire also included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and large parts of Africa. During this period, Britain was largely uninvolved in European affairs, apart from the Crimean War from 1853 - 1856. • 4. She became the queen at the age of 18 after her father‟s three elder brothers died without surviving legitimate issue. • 5. The United Kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy, in which the Sovereign held relatively few direct political powers. Privately, she attempted to influence government policy and ministerial appointments. Publicly, she became a national icon, and was indentified with strict standards of personal morality. • 6. She married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840.
• Her Gold and Diamond Jubilees were times of public celebration.
• Republicanism 共和主 义
• Her reign of 63 years and 7 months, which is longer than of any other British monarch and the longest of any female monarch in history, is know as the Victoria era.
the empire on which the sun never sets
• • • • Canada Australia New Zealand large parts of Africa
territory
She became the queen at the age of 18
she became a national icon, and was indentified with strict standards of personal morality.
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria was the monarch of the Unite Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death, 1901. And from may 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India.
“the grandmother of Europe”
• 9 children • 26 of their 42 grandchildren
• Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ(and her husband) • King of Norway • King of Spain • King of Sweden
• 7. Their 9 children and 26 of their 42 grandchildren married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the nickname “the grandmother of Europe”. • 8. Four monarchs of European counties have relationship by blood with Queen Victoria until 2007. They are Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ(and her husband), King of Norway, King of Spain, and King of Sweden. • 9. After Albert‟s death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances. As a result of her seclusion, republicanism temporarily gained strength, but in the latter half of her reign, her popularity recovered. Her Gold and Diamond Jubilees were times of public celebration. • 10. Her reign of 63 years and 7 months, which is longer than that of any other British monarch and the longest of any female monarch in history, is known as the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire.
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