british-history: 22 January 1901: Queen Victoria Dies at Age 81 After a reign lasting 63 years and 7
british-history:22 January 1901: Queen Victoria Dies at Age 81After a reign lasting 63 years and 7 months, Queen victoria died at the age of 81 on 22 January 1901. Her son ‘Bertie’ the future Edward VII , and her eldest grandson, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, were present at her deathbed. As she had wished, her sons lifted her body, dressed in white and with her wedding veil covering her face, into the coffin. She had worn black since the death of her beloved husband Prince Albert in 1861. Though Victoria had worn her widow’s weeds for forty years she reportedly disliked black funerals, so many of the banners in London for her funeral on February 2 were purple and white. -- source link
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