2 года назад
QUEEN VICTORIA. VICTORIA AND THE END OF AN ERA
After 63 years on the throne, Victoria’s death left the nation pondering its own mortality. Having known no other leader, the nation’s future felt uncertain… A mass of black-clothed mourners waited to say their last goodbyes to the queen who had served them devotedly for nearly 64 years – the second longest of any British monarch. An eerie silence hung over them like a shroud as people bowed their heads in sorrow, some shaking with grief and others from the bitter cold. The only sound came from...