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Primrose for a faery queen

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Dave

Believing that her Indian subjects were mistreated, the queen at sixty-nine ostentatiously took a young Indian from Agra as an extra personal secretary, or “Munshi”. Her court was scandalized. Equally scandalized was Her Majesty by their race prejudice: For them … Continue reading →

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snobbery, default and flattery

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Dave

As for prudery it seemed as acceptable to the middle classes as to Queen Victoria herself. Her beloved Albert had a great success in cleaning up the court, and Lord Shaftesbury, a strict evangelical churchman and champion of progressive family … Continue reading →

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penalties of marriage

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Dave

The political and social issues of our own time have their roots in Queen Victoria and her world. She had opinions, and very decided opinions on almost everything from matchmaking to politics to the cosmos and surprisingly, some of those … Continue reading →

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