Queen Victoria Takes the Throne

On June 20, 1837, eighteen-year-old Victoria was woken before dawn at Kensington Palace and told that her uncle, King William IV, had died and that she was now Queen of England. Victoria had spent her entire life under a system designed to keep her isolated and dependent, never once permitted to be without a guardian. But the first thing she did as queen was receive the messengers without anyone beside her. What followed was sixty-three years that shaped the modern world. This is the story of the morning it all began.Send me a text!Support the show