Trivia: All Hail the Queen!

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE

QUOTE: “We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

HINT: (1819-1901), monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

***********************************************************

RANDOM TIDBITS

Queen Victoria is the longest serving British monarch ever at 63 years, seven months. Her reign ended upon her death in 1901.

***

The monarch married Prince Albert of Germany on February 10, 1840. He was her first cousin and was one of the only socially acceptable suitors in the world. She could not marry anyone of even a slightly lower social status.

***

Victoria and Albert had nine children. Most of them married into Europe's royal family. She is still known as the Grandmother of Europe.

***

Victoria was the only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of George III. Her father died almost immediately after her birth thus she became heir to the throne because the three uncles who were ahead of her in succession - George IV, Frederick Duke of York, and William IV - had no legitimate children who survived.

***

Queen Victoria was the first monarch to travel by train. The progress in transportation allowed she and Prince Albert to travel extensively throughout the Empire. Her first train trip was in 1842.

***

The current monarch, Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Phillip are both great-great grandchildren of Queen Victoria.

***********************************************************

QUOTE: “We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.”

ANSWER: Queen Victoria.

***********************************************************