Monarchs not only fashion

Monarchs not only fashion their age, but are fashioned by it, so that they can become a sort of personification of the age. If Elizabeth I, independent, strong, represents the age of Shakespeare’s heroines, a woman’s heyday, Victoria represents another image of womanhood, predominant in the nineteenth century: a woman who, although queen in her … Read more

The late Queen Victoria

The late Queen Victoria once paid a royal visit to a renowned library. At one point, the head librarian asked, \”Your Majesty, might I please introduce my daughter to you?\” The queen replied, \”I have come here to view the library.\” Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford