Queen Victoria Quotes
It is worth being shot at to see how much one is loved.
She was unhurt when an assassin’s bullets did not hit her. There was an outpouring of affection, love, and thanks immediately after the assassination attempt.
Victoria Alexandrina, 1819-1901, [Queen Victoria], Queen of Great Britain and Ireland & Empress of India, 1882
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Note that the Queen was not at all perturbed about the atrocities against the Irish and never even mentioned it in her reply or at any other time. The Irish were seen as lesser humans by many English and that type of prejudice overcomes the usual moral inhibitions against brutality and atrocities.
Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Known as the Victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was the longest of any British monarch until surpassed by that of Elizabeth II. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. In 1876, Parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India.