{"id":31770,"date":"2023-12-26T08:13:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T07:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=254382"},"modified":"2023-12-26T23:13:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T22:13:00","slug":"life-of-the-week-queen-victoria","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/life-of-the-week-queen-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Life of the week: Queen Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Tracy Borman charts the life and reign of Queen Victoria, the monarch who brought pomp and pageantry to the royal family we know today <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Good\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 26 December 2023 at 07:13 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>What picture comes to mind when you think of Queen Victoria? For many, it will be a grieving woman in her mourning gown, or perhaps a monarch cooly stating \u201cwe are not amused\u201d. From her marriage to Prince Albert to founding many of the royal traditions we know today, Tracy Borman speaks to Lauren Good about Victoria\u2019s life, and explains why we should rethink our opinion of her.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-254382-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/12\/loftwvictoria-21dc17f.mp3?_=1\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/12\/loftwvictoria-21dc17f.mp3\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/12\/loftwvictoria-21dc17f.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Life of the week: Queen VictoriannTracy Borman charts the life and reign of Queen Victoria, the monarch who brought pomp and pageantry to the royal family we know todaynnWhat picture comes to mind when you think of Queen Victoria? 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