Here’s the list of Queen Victoria’s Burial Request in her Final Moments

Here’s the list of Queen Victoria’s Burial Request in her Final Moments

Trista - October 6, 2018

Here’s the list of Queen Victoria’s Burial Request in her Final Moments
Queen Victoria by JJE Mayall, 1860. Wikipedia

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9. The Queen’s Own Body

This much might seem obvious; of course, the queen’s skeleton was inside her coffin. The purpose of a coffin, if nothing else, is to house the body of the deceased. However, the fact is that nobody expected Queen Victoria to die. She lived to the age of 81 at a time when 40 was considered to be old and had reigned for nearly 64 years. What this means is that two or three generations of people within each family had lived entirely under her rule. They couldn’t imagine a Britain without her.

Reports of bickering and heated arguments among the queen’s children in the days and 10eks leading up to her death underlie the fact that even her children did not expect that she would die. The Prince of Wales was reportedly enraged that Dr. James Reid requested him to come to her house at Osborne should the queen need to see him at short notice. The queen herself, in a rare moment of clarity, said, “I should like to live a little longer, as I have a few things to settle.” Even the queen herself did not expect that she would die. Her death left the country, and the world, in a state of shock.

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