On this day, a state funeral was held in St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, for the death of Queen Victoria. As the daughter of a soldier and the head of the army, Victoria left clear instructions that she wanted a military state funeral which caused a certain amount of panic because after 63 years on the throne, there was nobody alive who could remember how to bury a monarch, let alone how to organise a full military state funeral. Victoria also instructed that, although she had worn black since her husband Albert’s death in 1861, she wished to be dressed in white for her funeral and burial. With her death came the end of what would be known in history as the ‘Victorian Era’, a period in which the British Empire expanded and became the predominant power in the world and literacy and childhood education became almost universal in Great Britain.
Wow, she had planned to wear white clothes for ages: that was the famous “Victoria’s secret“!
Nice one, Paolo! 😂