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She gave her name to an era of British greatness, especially in the far-flung [[British Empire]] with which she identified. She played a small role in politics, but became the iconic symbol of the nation, the empire, and proper, restrained behaviour.  A conservative woman who rejected the wild hijinks of previous monarchs, she set the tone of moral earnestness and strait-laced propriety which characterized the Victorian Age.

She gave her name to an era of British greatness, especially in the far-flung [[British Empire]] with which she identified. She played a small role in politics, but became the iconic symbol of the nation, the empire, and proper, restrained behaviour.  A conservative woman who rejected the wild hijinks of previous monarchs, she set the tone of moral earnestness and strait-laced propriety which characterized the Victorian Age.

To date she is Britain's longest-serving monarch, and during her reign the monarchy started to take on its symbolic role in British government. On December 22, 2007 she was overtaken by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] as Britain's oldest monarch to date (Victoria came to the throne at 18, Elizabeth II at 25).

To date she is Britain's longest-serving monarch. On December 22, 2007 she was overtaken by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] as Britain's oldest monarch to date (Victoria came to the throne at 18, Elizabeth II at 25).