Queen Victoria's private diary made public
26 May 2012 7:11 AM GMT
More than 40,000 pages from a private diary kept by Queen Victoria from the age of 13 until just before her death were made available online on Friday.
The website was launched at Buckingham palace throne room on Friday by Queen Elizabeth II to mark the Diamond Jubilee. When asked if she herself kept a diary, the 86-year-old Queen replied: 'Mine's not being published.'
The only other sovereign apart from Elizabeth II to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee, Victoria reigned for 63 years and seven months. And Victoria wrote of the scenes that greeted her during a parade to mark her Diamond Jubilee: 'Passed through dense crowds, who gave me a most enthusiastic reception.
'It was like a triumphal entry. We passed down Cambridge Terrace, under a lovely arch bearing the motto, 'Our hearts thy Throne'.' Queen Victoria started her journals as a teenager after being told to document a trip to Wales by her mother - the very first entry describes a journey through Snowdonia.
She extensively documented the details of both public and private life, underlining words or phrases.
The website was launched at Buckingham palace throne room on Friday by Queen Elizabeth II to mark the Diamond Jubilee. When asked if she herself kept a diary, the 86-year-old Queen replied: 'Mine's not being published.'
The only other sovereign apart from Elizabeth II to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee, Victoria reigned for 63 years and seven months. And Victoria wrote of the scenes that greeted her during a parade to mark her Diamond Jubilee: 'Passed through dense crowds, who gave me a most enthusiastic reception.
'It was like a triumphal entry. We passed down Cambridge Terrace, under a lovely arch bearing the motto, 'Our hearts thy Throne'.' Queen Victoria started her journals as a teenager after being told to document a trip to Wales by her mother - the very first entry describes a journey through Snowdonia.
She extensively documented the details of both public and private life, underlining words or phrases.
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