В работе сравниваются годы правления Королевы Виктории и Королевы Елизаветы 2 и их значимость в истории Англии
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Vital Statistics:
Born: 21 April 1926
Reigned: 6 February 1952 – till present
Royal titles and styles:
21 April 1926 – 11 December 1936: Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth of York
11 December 1936 – 20 November 1947: Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth
20 November 1947 – 6 February 1952: Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh
6 February 1952 – present: Her Majesty The Queen
Vital Statistics:
Born: 24 May 1819
Reigned: 20 June 1837 - 22 January 1901
Royal titles and styles:
24 May 1819 – 20 June 1837: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent
20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901: Her Majesty The Queen
1 May 1876 – 22 January 1901: Her Imperial Majesty The Queen-Empress
At the end of her reign, the Queen's full style and title were: “Her Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India.”
WHO HAS LIVED THROUGH THE PERIOD OF MOST CHANGE?
Both monarchs lived through centuries of astounding change, but without doubt Queen Victoria's reign saw far greater ones than those which occurred under her great-great granddaughter. There has been nothing, for example, to match the mass migration to the cities and towns from the countryside or the industrialization which characterized the 19th century. We only have to think also of the arrival of the railways, the telephone or the motor car at the close of her reign. Most of the 20th century was concerned with working through these new technologies. In a curious way this may be seen in retrospect as parallel to what has happened under Elizabeth II, the IT revolution coming at the close of her reign setting the stage for what is to happen in the 21st century.
WHO HAD THE MOST INFLUENCE ON PUBLIC LIFE?
Queen Victoria was a far greater influence on public life, setting an example of private probity for the monarchy and the royal family which became a model for the burgeoning middle classes of her age. It was a tradition largely adhered to by her successors including Elizabeth II, only to be eroded by her children. Elizabeth II, far from being the exemplar of the aspirations of her age, in fact embodies all the attributes which have been gradually discarded or eroded during her reign, ones which include duty, patriotism, faith and respect. Within her period Elizabeth II is the living epitome of the ideals of public life abandoned in what is an era of public and private decadence devoid of moral structure.
WHO WILL LEAVE THE MOST LASTING LEGACY?
Queen Elizabeth's age will be seen as the liberal age, when all old rules were thrown out. In Victoria's time homosexuality and suicide were crimes, divorce was very much frowned on. All this was changing when Elizabeth became queen. Queen Elizabeth's legacy - it will surely be that of continuity. Both Queens lived through turbulent times, but in the last 50 years we have seen huge social changes in Britain - yet the Queen has kept the monarchy going, despite everything.
OUR VERDICT: The spirit of Victoria lives on in Queen Elizabeth II. UK’s present queen has a sense of public duty equal to Victoria's, and a far higher sense of constitutional propriety because she is generally politically unbiased in a way that monarchs before George V rarely were. Queen Victoria would be proud of her posthumous pupil.
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