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The last days of Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria died on 22 January 1901. In this programme from 2010, Claire Bowes looks back on the monarch’s last days.
She speaks to the author Tony Rennell and hears recollections from the BBC archive.
(Photo: Queen Victoria. Credit: Press Association)
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