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Victoria and Albert: How a royal love changed culture.
BBC ^
| 6/17/2015
| Lucinda Hawksley
Posted on 07/02/2015 11:21:42 AM PDT by Borges
Much we take for granted today – from Christmas trees to birthday gifts – comes from the domestic traditions of the royal couple.
When Queen Victoria inherited the British throne just a few weeks after her 18th birthday, there was immediate speculation about who she would marry. Few had foreseen that this little-known princess would become their monarch. But when the country found itself with a young queen after so many dissolute Hanoverian kings, it seemed that exciting new era was dawning.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Society
KEYWORDS: albert; britain; british; princealbert; queen; queenvictoria; uk; unitedkingdom; victoria
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posted on
07/02/2015 11:21:42 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
Queen Vic should have been STERILE, the world would have been MUCH Better!
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posted on
07/02/2015 11:30:09 AM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
To: Borges
Think what a dull world this would have been without Prince Albert in a can.
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posted on
07/02/2015 11:51:01 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: SunkenCiv
Ping for you if interested.
To: beaversmom
[singing] What a crazy pair, be-cause they’re cousins...
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posted on
07/02/2015 1:49:28 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: SunkenCiv
They did things a little differently back then, didn’t they. :)
To: beaversmom
Royalty still does it that way. ;’)
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posted on
07/02/2015 3:33:00 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: US Navy Vet
Is this a White Peoples shouldn’t have babies thing of yours?
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posted on
07/02/2015 6:47:10 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Palins are better parents than Clintons.)
To: Borges
Queen Victoria loved to have her beloved prince entertain visiting heads-of-state with his `dancing teeth' act.
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posted on
07/02/2015 7:45:42 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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