In the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. At her death, it was said, Britain had a worldwide empire on which the sun never set. Queen Victoria is associated with Britain's great age of industrial expansion, economic progress and, especially, empire. On William IV's death in 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. Warmhearted and lively, Victoria had a gift for drawing and painting educated by a governess at home, she was a natural diarist and kept a regular journal throughout her life. Her father died shortly after her birth and she became heir to the throne because the three uncles who were ahead of her in the succession - George IV, Frederick Duke of York, and William IV - had no legitimate children who survived. She was the only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of George III. Victoria was born at Kensington Palace, London, on.
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