Queen Victoria Research Paper

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Another significant role Victoria played was the head of the British Empire. An article in the cosmopolitan 1900 expresses the queen’s adherence to her duties stating despite the limitation in her royal prerogative powers. “Her Majesty… has taken a far closer, keener, more continuous interest in the government of her empire than any of her Ministers.” This implies that she played a vital role in the development of the empire and was largely the cause that led to the success of it. “She enjoyed her role as the figurehead of sprawling international dominions. This role as figurehead was not inconsequential. It united British colonists around the globe in a genuine spirit of unity with other British subjects who sang "God Save the Queen" in the …show more content…
This largely transformed the dissatisfaction felt by the public towards the monarchy. This also combatted the feelings that the monarchy weren’t “earning their keep.” Queen Victoria also propelled Britain onto the world stage and made it appear a very powerful country and empire as is suggested by the attendance to her golden jubilee “featured the attendance of representatives from all over the British Empire: Indian rajahs, Burmese mandarins, tribal chieftains from Africa, and colonial governors from all over the world” which implies that she had magnified the power of the British empire, especially in comparison to queen Elizabeth I who had started the empire but hadn’t put in such powerful of a position as Victoria had. However the British Empire had been accused of overusing the power they had gained from the expansion of the empire In the Boer war “many foreign powers criticized the British as well for what seemed to be an unnecessary stretching of imperial muscle.” On the other hand, Turnball suggested that Victoria’s son, Edward played an important role in foreign relations after his father’s