Ciel Phantomhive (phantom_earl) wrote in worldinherhands, @ 2009-05-04 04:21:00 |
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Current music: | Trading Yesterday - Love Song Requiem |
"Queen Victoria died on 21 January 1901 at the age of 81. She had been the Queen of Great Britain for 63 years, presiding over the industrialization of Britain and the expansion of the British Empire overseas. But perhaps her most lasting influence was on the values of the time: the Victorian age became synonymous with prudish gentility and repression.
When her husband Albert died in 1861, Victoria donned widow's mourning clothes and wore them for the rest of her life. This display had a profound effect on the nation's attitude to mourning - lavish funerals and strictly dictated mourning clothes and etiquette became the fashion until the end of the century.
At Victoria's death there was a final outpouring of elaborate mourning - all adults wore black, black and purple banners were hung from shop windows, even iron fences were given a fresh coat of black paint. However, her son King Edward VII was a sensible man, and signalled the beginning of a new era by limiting the period of mourning for his mother to three months."
Hm. Bastard.
I would not have supported him.
[Sebastina]
There is no record.
Are we fictional?
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