On this day back in 1901 Queen Victoria died. She was the monarch that oversaw the arguably most successful period in British History, she lived a very interesting life. She had nine children and going by the evidence put forward in the excellent BBC documentaries about her life, she wasn't that keen on motherhood. The sad loss of her husband, Prince Albert,  in 1861 was something she never did get over. Until the end of her life she had her maids nightly lay out Albert's clothes for the next day and in the morning replace the water in the basin in his room.

The Kinks wrote a great little song about her:-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TraFxjPyDns