Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station… - Victoria

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Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I shall do my utmost to fulfil my duty towards my country; I am very young and perhaps in many, though not in all things, inexperienced, but I am sure that very few have more real good will and more real desire to do what is fit and right than I have.

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Victoria of the United Kingdom (Alexandrina Victoria Wettin, née Hanover) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1876 until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years, second only to that of Elizabeth II. The reign of Victoria was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire and is called the Victorian Era. Victoria was the last monarch of the House of Hanover; her successor belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

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Birth Name: Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent

Native Name: Alexandrina Victoria

Alternative Names: Victoria, Queen of Great Britain • Alexandrina Hanover • Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom • Queen of Great Britain Victoria • Victoria Alexandrina • Princess Victoria of Kent • Alexandrina Victoria von Hannover • Victoria Hanover • Victoria of the United Kingdom • Queen Victoria • Victoria I.

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