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Alexandrina Victoria, best known as Queen Victoria, in a photo taken by Roger Fenton in 1854, colorized by me for The Colour of Time. She was born #OnThisDay in 1819, 200 years ago.
"The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them." #QueenVictoria200
"The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them." #QueenVictoria200
Victoria first learned of her future role as a young princess during a history lesson when she was 10 years old. Almost four decades later Victoria’s governess recalled that the future queen reacted to the discovery by declaring, “I will be good.”
