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World Service,2 mins

The Empress who rarely left Britain

The Documentary

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Queen Victoria gave her name to landmarks all over the British Empire. David Cannadine describes the parades, pomp and ceremony that marked Queen Victoria's reign, culminating in her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. With Princeton University graduate students Martha Groppo and Adrian Young. Image: Statue of Queen Victoria in Sydney, Australia, Credit: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images

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