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Queen Victoria
The Dawning of a new age- Queen Victoria
The Early Life of Queen Victoria Queen Victoria, the well-known Queen of England did not start out as some would expect. Her Grandfather, King George the third of England had fifteen children, his third child was The Duke of Kent, Queen Victoria's father. The Duke of Kent married Princess Victoria of Saxe- Coburg- Gotha. Later they had a baby girl together on May twenty- fourth eighteen- nineteen. They christened her as Alexandrina Victoria. Her childhood was not a happy one. She did not have a lot of money and did not have many children her age to play with. Since she was heir to the throne she had a strict education. She was extremely smart and was excellent at languages, yet she had trouble with Latin, and she appreciated history. She enjoyed music and she liked to draw. When she was taught to dance it helped develop her natural poise, which she is most known for. Deportment was important for queens. Her mother would tie a sprig of prickly holly under Victoria's chin to make her hold her head up,' a severe but effective measure (Grant 5). She was supervised persistently, up until she was queen she slept in her mother's bedroom. Victoria's governess and mother would sit in the schoolroom with her throughout her lessons and she was not even permitted to go down stairs without someone holding her hand in case she was to fall. She did not even know she was heir to the throne until she was eleven when she opened her history book and found a new piece of paper positioned in there of the English royalty and she saw that she was in line for the throne. 'She looked up at her smiling teacher and raised her right hand I will be good, she said solemnly, and burst into tears' (Grant 6). Victoria's mother's steward, sir John Conroy, spread some gossip about Victoria that was untrue. He was a very cunning man and would be the villain in Victoria's childhood. He had charm that pulled the wool over many people's eyes but behind this

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