Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy tarnished by the extravagance of her royal uncles. She also shaped a new role for the Royal Family, reconnecting it with the public through civic duties.
At just 4ft 11in tall, Victoria was a towering presence as a symbol of her Empire. She and her husband Albert and their nine children came to symbolise a new, confident age. 24 May 1819
The geographic feature which served as a barrier to the political union of the Greek city-states and their independence from each other was the numerous mountains all over the geography of the Hellenic Peninsula or Greek Mainland.
