Funeral Fit for a Queen ; Answers to Correspondent [Scot Region]
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QUESTION Is it true that Verdi's death was more widely reported than that of Queen Victoria?
WHEN news of Queen Victoria's death on January 22, 1901, reverberated around the world, it was described in the New York Times as 'the greatest event in the memory of this generation'.See the full content of this document
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Funeral Fit for a Queen ; Answers to Correspondent [Scot Region]
She had reigned for 63 years, seven months and two days, and was, at the end of her reign, hugely popular at home and in her colonies. Her death sparked one of the grandest funerals of all time and people from all around the world paid tribute to her.
In the U.S., flags were lowered to half-staff in her honour by order of President William McKinley, a tribu...See the full content of this document
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