I sympathise most deeply with your expressions on the horrors of war, than which no one can feel more strongly than I do; and earnestly hope that it may be averted. But I cannot abandon my own subjects who have appealed to me for protection. If President Kruger is reasonable, there will be no war, but the issue is in his hands. Taylor, Miles (2020), "The Bicentenary of Queen Victoria", Journal of British Studies, 59: 121–135, doi: 10.1017/jbr.2019.245, S2CID 213433777 Two Royal Families – Historical Ties", The Royal Family of Serbia, 13 March 2016, archived from the original on 6 December 2019 , retrieved 6 December 2019 Following a custom she maintained throughout her widowhood, Victoria spent the Christmas of 1900 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Rheumatism in her legs had rendered her disabled, and her eyesight was clouded by cataracts. [200] Through early January, she felt "weak and unwell", [201] and by mid-January she was "drowsy... dazed, [and] confused". [202] Her favourite pet Pomeranian, Turi, was laid on her bed as a last request. [203] She died aged 81 on 22 January 1901, at half past six in the evening, in the presence of her eldest son, Albert Edward, and grandson WilhelmII. Albert Edward immediately succeeded as EdwardVII. [204] Poster proclaiming a day of mourning in Toronto on the day of Victoria's funeral

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Strawberry Shortcake - The action in which the male ejaculates on his partner's face, and then the male punches his partner's nose, which causes blood to stream forth. The semen and blood fluids create a red and white image, just like the icing and filling of a strawberry shortcake. Family of Queen Victoria, spanning the reigns of her grandfather, George III, to her grandson, George V On 14 January 1858, an Italian refugee from Britain called Felice Orsini attempted to assassinate NapoleonIII with a bomb made in England. [105] The ensuing diplomatic crisis destabilised the government, and Palmerston resigned. Derby was reinstated as prime minister. [106] Victoria and Albert attended the opening of a new basin at the French military port of Cherbourg on 5August 1858, in an attempt by NapoleonIII to reassure Britain that his military preparations were directed elsewhere. On her return Victoria wrote to Derby reprimanding him for the poor state of the Royal Navy in comparison to the French Navy. [107] Derby's ministry did not last long, and in June 1859 Victoria recalled Palmerston to office. [108] Queen Victoria's Coronation 1838, The British Monarchy, archived from the original on 3 February 2016 , retrieved 28 January 2016

In 1887's Royal Girls and Royal Courts by Mary Sherwood, Victoria’s secretary Arthur Helps is said to have explained the origin of the quote. Harrison, Shane (15 April 2003), "Famine Queen row in Irish port", BBC News, archived from the original on 19 September 2019 , retrieved 29 March 2013 Cadbury, Deborah (2017), Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages That Shaped Europe, Bloomsbury Russell's ministry, though Whig, was not favoured by the Queen. [94] She found particularly offensive the Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston, who often acted without consulting the Cabinet, the Prime Minister, or the Queen. [95] Victoria complained to Russell that Palmerston sent official dispatches to foreign leaders without her knowledge, but Palmerston was retained in office and continued to act on his own initiative, despite her repeated remonstrances. It was only in 1851 that Palmerston was removed after he announced the British government's approval of President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's coup in France without consulting the Prime Minister. [96] The following year, President Bonaparte was declared Emperor NapoleonIII, by which time Russell's administration had been replaced by a short-lived minority government led by Lord Derby. [97] Albert, Victoria and their nine children, 1857. Left to right: Alice, Arthur, Prince Albert, Albert Edward, Leopold, Louise, Queen Victoria with Beatrice, Alfred, Victoria, and HelenaQueen Victoria appears in Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's graphic novel From Hell, where she is depicted as instigating the Whitechapel murders.