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Queen Victoria is the last representative of the Hanoverian dynasty, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, who ruled the state for 63 years.

Princess Victoria of Kent was born on May 24, 1819 in the Kensington Palace of the capital of Great Britain. The princess was brought up in Kensington Palace under the strict system worked out by the Duchess of Kent. Victoria never stayed alone, she shared her bedroom with her mother and was trained every day under the guidance of the governess - Baroness Lezen - German, English, French, Latin, arithmetic, music and painting. At the request of the mother, the girl was forbidden to talk with strangers and cry in public. In 1842, during the famine in Ireland, Victoria donated personal funds to support the starving, in 1846 duties on imported bread were abolished, after which the flour products became cheaper. Architecture, fashion, literature, painting and music flourished in the Victorian era. In 1851, the first International Industrial Exhibition was held in London, later the Engineering Museum and the Museum of Science were established. At Victoria, the length of the railway tracks increased to 14.5 miles. The number of citizens exceeded the number of rural residents by half. Urban infrastructure has been developed: street lighting, sewerage, water supply, sidewalks, pavements, and the first metro have appeared in megacities.