Queen VictoriaIs Georgiana Charlotte Augusta Alexandrina Victoria or simply Alexandrina Victoria? Queen Victoria was born in Kensington Palace, London, on 24 May 1819. She was the only daughter of Edward, fourth son of King George III, and Victoria Marie Louise, daughter of a German duke. It had been planned that the Duke and Duchess would name their daughter Georgiana Charlotte Augusta Alexandrina Victoria, but the Prince Regent refused to let his name (George) nor that of his daughter (Charlotte Augusta) be the name of his goddaughter. She was known as Alexandrina Victoria but was nicknamed Drina, her mother always called her Victoria. All this happiness ended when her father, the Duke of Kent, died just eight months after her birth. The reason was because he had let a small fever turn into pneumonia. Just a week after the death, King George III died and the Prince Regent became King George IV. Princess Victoria was raised at Kensington Palace, London, by her governess. Her mother was so afraid that Victoria would be killed by her uncle, that he wanted to be next in line to the throne. Victoria was never left alone, there were always people keeping an eye on her. She was too overprotected; he couldn't even walk up the stairs without holding someone's hand. John Conroy, who was her mother's controller, kept an eye on Victoria and was responsible for her. German was his main language until the age of three. Then he learned English and could speak it without an accent. He also learned Italian because he loved listening to opera. His favorite subject in school was his, but he never knew that he would soon have an important role in it. At age eleven she saw a family tree and said, "I'm closer to the throne than I thought." As a teenager he fell ill due to complications from tonsillitis. With this weakness Conroy tried to take advantage of her and asked her to sign a document stating that he would be her secretary when she became queen. Vittoria refused. Victoria was close to her older sister, Feodora. He would send letters to Victoria to cheer her up. In the summer of 1836 her cousins ​​Ernest and Albert came to visit her. Her mother thought one of the boys would be a good match for Victoria. Their father, the Duke of Saxe-Coberg-Gotha, didn't like the idea. On May 24, 1837 he celebrated his eighteenth birthday. Now the only person who stands in her way and... middle of paper... her daughters call him "mommy's lover". People got used to seeing them together and they didn't talk about it much anymore. He remained confident in her for twenty years. When John Brown died in 1883, the Queen wrote: "The shock, the shock, the emptiness, the constant want at every turn of a strong, powerful, dependable arm and head have almost astonished me and I am truly overwhelmed." His room, like Albert's, became a sanctuary. A flower was placed on his pillow every day until his death. Queen Victoria died on 22 January 1901, aged 81. It was forty years of widowhood. He left important instructions for his funeral. She wanted her children to carry her to her coffin; she would wear a white dress and wedding veil. London was to be decked out in purple and white. She was buried next to Prince Albert in the Frogmore Royal Mausoleum at Windsor Castle. Victoria reigned for almost 64 years, the longest reign in British history. A statue of the queen made in 1862 was brought out of storage and placed next to her husband in the mausoleum. The statue of Victoria looks up at Albert, her love, devotion and grief over her early death and long widowhood will always be captured in that stone.