Watch how Queen Victoria rebuilt the British monarchy

Last few years

Victoria resumed its public activities in the late 1860s, and the final years of his rule were largely devoted to promoting peace in Europe, as well as expanding and strengthening his formidable political empire. She became Empress of India in 1877 and influenced foreign relations with the countries closest to England through her sons and grandchildren, many of whom married European kings.

At the beginning of its monarchy was Britain vista Largely as a commercial powerhouse. But during the reign of Victoria became a powerful empire and the most powerful nation in the world, Mounting Of approximately 26 million square kilometers and 400 million people during the 19th century. These achievements came at a heavy price: England was almost permanently at war during the Victorian era, and colonization Brutal control is exercised in his name.

Although Victoria was very popular, her subjects were still pushing for the reform of the monarchy. Finally, this eroded the direct political power of the Kings, as the average British people gained the right to vote, secret vote, and so on. Reforms Politics in the second half of the nineteenth century.

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By the time of his death, in 1901, Victoria had become an institution known for its willpower and the vast empire that ruled it. The British Empire covered a fifth of the Earth’s surface and became the largest superpower at the time.

Vitoria’s attempts to support European monarchies through the marriage of their family members brought peace in the short term, however Planted The seeds of some of the most destructive conflicts of the twentieth century. At the start of World War I, in 1914, his descendants turned against each other.

Although the brutal colonization of her empire and the devastating war she helped plant, without warning, now cast a shadow over Victoria’s rule, she believed that British strength and prosperity were necessary. Likes mentioned By the then Queen in 1899: “We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist”. For a woman born to rule, there was no doubt about her historical destiny – or about the power of the empire built in her name.