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Originally Posted by Less
Rindy!!!!!!
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As your non-generic monarch?
Gosh, thanks.
I'm a republican, and don't think we should have an unelected head of State. However, my favourite monarch has to be Queen Victoria.
It was in her reign that Britain boomed because of the industrial revolution. Though having a quarter of the globe as part of the British Empire, probably helped towards the great achievments that were advanced in that period too. We basically went from feudalism to industrialism in sixty odd years. Although there were many, many social problems in the Victorian era, 80,000 child prostitutes in London alone for instance, great inroads were made towards a better society. Education for the poor, workhouses for the destitute,who before would have starved, amongst two.
I also admire Queen Elizabeth the first, for her courage as a female monarch.
Come to think of it, I have a great deal of respect for any old Queen.
