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World Service,22 Jan 2010,10 mins

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In 1901 Queen Victoria ruled over an empire encompassing nearly a quarter of the globe. She was the most famous woman alive so why did her death - at the age of 81 - come as such a shock? We hear from some of the people who were there.

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