hellyeahbritishqueens: ♔ TODAY IN HISTORY ♔ - Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent ascends to the B
hellyeahbritishqueens: ♔ TODAY IN HISTORY ♔ - Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent ascends to the British throne as Queen Victoria upon the death of her uncle, William IV. “Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I shall do my utmost to fulfill 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.” -- source link
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