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Terrible Tudors, gorgeous Georgians,
fighting Frenchmen, brave Victorians,
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woeful wars, ferocious fights, stingy
cartels, daring knights, horrors adapted
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by description, cutthroat cults, old
royal Egyptians, bashing taxes, cruel
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crime, punishment from ancient dives,
Roman rotten rank and ruthless, Norman
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savage, fierce and two -footed, civil
wars, brainy phagies, middle middle
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gory stories, we do that, and your hopes
are drumming rack, the past is no
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longer a mystery, welcome to...
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Horrible Histories.
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Horrible Histories presents Freaky Queen
Vicky.
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There's too much to the story.
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A Queen Victoria's reign.
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Britannia rules, more wealth, new
schools. Empire strikes back again.
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When young, her mum controlled, her life
would always interfere.
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He's the 18th Queen that kicked her out.
Now I'm the boss round here.
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She mourned and mourned Prince Albert's
death, that man she didn't adore.
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Mourned 30 years, surely enough, but no.
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Mourned 10 years more.
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64 years she ruled a star on the world
stage.
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Let's find out how Vicky lived in the
Victorian age.
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When her uncle William IV died in 1837,
Victoria became Queen, not just of Great
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Britain and Ireland, but of all the
countries across the world that Britain
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ruled, called the British Empire.
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And did you know, she was only 18 years
old at the time. Good day.
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My lords, ladies and gentlemen, the
Queen.
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Good start.
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Catchy.
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Impressive.
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Excellent.
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Global.
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Nice.
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Innovative.
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Philosophy, arts, and medicine.
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Marvelous. I want our armies and navies
to be the envy of the world.
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But mostly, I just want, like, an hour
to myself.
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Like, seriously, I've not yet been alone
my whole life.
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There are people who go to the toilet
with me. Like, totally gross.
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Gross, gross. Well, I'm in charge, and
I'm clean, so they can't say no. Oh, my.
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Little Dreena has grown up.
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Corning me, Little Dreena. I am Queen
Victoria.
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And I don't want to share my bedroom
with my mother anymore. And that's
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thing.
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That's it.
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Thank you.
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Well, everybody's got to start
somewhere.
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Somebody needs a map.
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Oh. Victoria.
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Oh. Little Dreena became Queen Victoria.
And romance came shortly after when the
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young queen met a real -life prince
charming. A German prince called Albert.
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Oh, ja, bitter.
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This week in Venn Magazine's Queen
Victoria wedding and honeymoon special.
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Meet the new man in Vicky's life.
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According to her diary, the part of
Prince Albert that Victoria finds most
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attractive is... It's rough.
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Not that I've read her diary.
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Ogle at our snaps of Albert's naked
neck.
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See our exclusive photo story of the
loving couple's wedding.
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Let your heart melt as Prince Albert
sails to England to be with his love.
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Also, we reveal the story of their
honeymoon in Windsor Castle. The
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they don't want you to see.
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She got a headache.
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Darling, is that art?
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He got all faint because it was past his
bedtime and he hadn't had his tea yet.
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And they jacked it in after three days
so Vicky could get back to work.
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Romance tactic!
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Also take a peek behind the scenes of
the newlywed couple's first royal photo
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shoot.
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OK, your Royal Highnesses, about to take
the photograph now, so frown.
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Read then magazine.
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The biz, the gots, the pics, the
enlightening historical insight.
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Queen Victoria and Prince Albert became
the first royal couple to live at
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Buckingham Palace in the middle of
London. But unlike today, it wasn't
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palace of luxury you might expect.
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Good day.
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Hi, I'm Queen Victoria, and I want to
show you how the other half live. Like
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This is Vicky's Palace Secret.
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Buckingham Palace, in the heart of
bustling London.
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This is my favourite drawing room. We
love it here, don't we, Albert?
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Albert!
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Not about you.
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Although there are over 600 rooms here,
you're never too far from a friend
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because this place is absolutely
infested with rats.
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Albert!
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What's the name?
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Every time.
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Every time.
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Me.
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Also, the chimneys fill the rooms with
smoke, so the fires can't be too big, so
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it's freezing.
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Which is perfect, because the cold is
good for you. Isn't that right, Albert?
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Albert?
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And the racing atmosphere hasn't put off
my deemed guest, the Shah of Persia.
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He's just through here.
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Have you done it again?
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Sure. Have you sacrificed another sheep
in here? You have, haven't you?
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Shasha. You're so weird.
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So weird.
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I adore this room because it overlooks
our beautiful garden, which you can't
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because of all the London smog. But we
must still have the windows open because
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fresh air is vital for... Please
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excuse the smell.
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sewage from the bathroom empties into
the courtyard.
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Isn't that right, Albert?
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Talk about the royal we!
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And after a long day in the palace,
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I come to my bedroom to relax.
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Ah! The boy genuinely is always sneaking
in and trying to steal my pants.
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That's Victoria's secret.
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Oh, my lucky pants.
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Albert? What is it, darling?
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Time for your bit.
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Oh, thank you.
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Buckingham Palace is... Oh, sorry. We've
run out of time.
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I do hope you've enjoyed your visit. Get
up.
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Get up.
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The married young was wedded bliss with
barely any quarrels on one big thing
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they both agreed. We must... all have
high morals. But younger Vic was not so
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strict and had a love of art. Might have
said to her older self, chill out, you
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boring alpha.
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Please, Legion, you know I don't like
surprises.
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They make me go all giddy. But Albert,
my dear angel, it is your birthday.
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What do you think would please you most?
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Are you going to put the heating on?
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No. Oh.
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Much better than that. I have a painting
for you. Oh, not another obscene one.
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It's a picture of the shepherdess you
gave me last year. Just to think on it,
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makes me go light -headed.
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It was rather good, wasn't it?
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But, Frau Chen, you could clearly see
her ankles.
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Female beauty is a natural thing, and
you know how I adore the painted form.
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Please, please, my little stolen cake.
Promise me that it won't be another
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picture of a scantily glad stranger.
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My heart could not take it. Kaput, it
will go.
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I promise.
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Thanks to heaven.
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It is not a stranger.
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It is me.
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Oh, it's been overwounded.
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Victoria, what have you done?
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It is rather jolly, isn't it? Your hair,
unbound.
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Your shoulders, they are bare.
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And your neck, on view for the whole
world to see.
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Don't look directly at it.
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Outrageous. Scandalous.
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And that is not the only surprise I have
for you.
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What next?
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a watercolor of the housemaid with her
wrists showing.
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No, you silly sausage.
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The statue of you as a Greek soldier has
arrived.
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Ah, now that is bound to be a much more
somber and noble piece of art.
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Meine Augen!
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I am scandalized. The high tunic, it
reveals my ankles, my knees, and one
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even catch a glimpse of my lower thigh.
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Victoria and Albert were happily married
for 20 years and had nine children.
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Yes, nine!
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That's a lot of poopy nappies.
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However, Victoria's beloved Albert fell
ill from a disease called typhoid. The
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doctors couldn't help him and poor
Albert died aged just 42.
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Queen Victoria took his death...
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very badly and mourned him for the rest
of her life, always dressing in black
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and famously growing more and more
grumpy the older she got.
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Now, being a doctor in Victoria's time
was tricky as there were lots of
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different opinions on how to treat
patients.
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Let's just say some doctors really
weren't afraid to get their hands dirty.
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Little Carver, isn't it? Yes. Dr Hannity
not available?
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He was called away urgently on a very
important yoga retreat.
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I'm Dr Morgan, a Victorian surgeon.
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In fact, one of the best. A Victorian?
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That's not a good start.
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Shush, Milo. Look how smartly dressed he
is.
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Oh, Milo. You need an operation on your
leg, correct?
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Yeah. Well, let's get started.
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Oh, look at me. Look at me.
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Look at you. Hang on, is that Ballard?
Yes.
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And Puss.
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And possibly blueberries. That sounds
pudding.
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No, that's brain.
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But, as they say, a filthy coat is the
sign of a busy surgeon. It's the sign of
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a weirdo. Mum, let's go.
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Now, Milo, to start off with, I just
need to punch you right in the face.
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I need to knock you out for the
operation.
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Trust me, you don't want to be
conscious.
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Also, to be honest, it's a little hard
to concentrate with people sort of
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screaming. OK, if he hits me, I'll sue.
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Try and relax.
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These hands would not be caked in blood,
pus and...
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I think that might be some poo, if I
didn't know what I was doing.
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I'm so sorry about him.
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Have you just... No, it's the poo on the
jacket.
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That was me.
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Now, great medical progress was made
during my reign, and I was a bit of a
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pioneer, too.
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What was I the first queen to do?
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A, give birth under pain -relieving
anaesthetic.
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B. Have heart surgery. C.
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Donate blood to someone else.
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The answer is A.
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I gave birth to my eighth child, little
Prince Leopold, while sedated, thanks to
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chloroform. Of course, if you have got
anesthetic to put you to sleep, you
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always listen to my Prime Minister,
William Gladstone, talking about
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Terrible man.
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He dares to have his own opinions.
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It's true, Victoria was never glad to
see Mr Gladstone. She was much happier
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when he was replaced by Benjamin
Disraeli, who came up with a cunning
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cheer up moany old Vicky.
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Yes, she was Queen of the British
Empire, but now the British were running
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India. Disraeli made her Empress of
India too.
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Happy days!
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Well, no, not really.
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Victoria remained as grumpy as ever. But
surely she might at least visit her new
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country. No, not blooming lightly.
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It's good to be boss and queen,
Victoria. But what if all the world's
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leaders ignore you? You're the world's
biggest empire.
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But who does that impress?
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When even my own subjects don't know me.
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I thought it was really your PM in
charge. Suppose if I had to, I could tie
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to the rod. The plan, your highness, to
prevent your sense of injure. I hereby
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name you Empress of India.
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India is all very well, but there's no
place like home I prefer, so it's Mel.
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Don't you love Bombay spices?
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And the jewels of Hyderabad?
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They are shipped to England.
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Go fetch them, I've been mad.
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That Indian famine's no fun for a
newcomer. Prefer the Isle of Wight for
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Indian summer.
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Oh, that is very nice. We'd better have
no quarrel. Frankly, Benji, bread's
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better in Balmoral.
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Bread of India!
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Title sounds good.
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The party didn't stop for a bit of blood
and gore. Thousands of readers beat the
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week or more. The biggest party party
you ever did see.
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19th century British India, otherwise
known as the Raj, a large group of
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provinces, falls together under British
rule.
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That's a total headache for the
authority.
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For example, how can they tax such a
huge area with only a small number of
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officials?
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Today, I've come to meet Ranjit, a man
who's been helping to create a rather
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interesting solution.
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Ranjit. Why don't you explain what's
going on?
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We're planting a hedge.
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Fascinating.
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Can you give us any more details?
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We're planting a massive hedge. Right.
It's a massive, massive hedge.
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After several hours of this, Ranjit
finally explained the British ruler's
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ambitious solution is to build a hedge 2
,300 miles long right across India.
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When completed... The hedge will be so
thick and thorny that people won't be
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able to get across it. The British then
plan to build a series of crossing
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points, each one guarded by soldiers and
officials, people who pass through, are
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taxed on their goods.
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I've come back to see Ranjit to find out
how the hedge is coming along.
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This hedge is nearly five metres deep
and four metres high.
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Goodness. Can you picture a small hedge?
Yes, I think so. Well, it is bigger.
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It takes 12 ,000 men to guard it.
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Do you know why?
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Because it's a big hedge?
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No. Because it's a massive hedge.
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It's like the Great Wall of China, but
with one crucial difference.
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It's a hedge?
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You better believe it.
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We love the hedge.
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Several years and one costume change
later, I've come back to see Ranjit and
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find out how the hedge is progressing.
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Ranjit. An advantage of a hedge over a
wall is that it grows by itself, so it
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doesn't need constant rebuilding.
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It needs constant rebuilding.
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The storms blow it down, locals set fire
to it and eat it. I hate the hedge.
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I see.
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What about stopping the smugglers?
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They get past it all the time. They
throw things over it, they float things
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it in the rivers.
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They even get herds of camels to run at
it to break it down.
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Dilkey, as a feat of engineering or
gardening, it really is very impressive.
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It's just a massive hedge.
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It's not even the kind that you can
shape into amusing animals.
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Look.
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This is a rabbit.
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I made a rabbit.
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When I first heard about the plans to
create a great hedge of India, I was
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initially sceptical.
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Of course, I was right, because I wear
glasses.
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Hide the hedge.
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At the time, Queen Victoria's empire
covered nearly a fifth of the world,
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including India, Canada, New Zealand and
most of Africa. Not all of it. She
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wasn't greedy.
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Actually, she was.
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Britain even ruled Australia, where an
outlandish outlaw called Ned Kelly was
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causing the police all kinds of
problems.
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By being bulletproof.
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Sounds wild. Yep, it's time for another
one of history's craziest fools.
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Sometimes, yeah, there is a fine line
between being a hero and being as mad as
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bag of foxes on roller skates, yeah? And
this next fool has got to go down in
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history as one of the most bravest,
dangerousest, craziest geezers that ever
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lived, apart from my cousin Brian.
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is the famous Australian outlaw, Ned
Kelly.
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This fool was around in the time of
Queen Victoria, and he was so crazy, I
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thought, like him, actually.
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Don't be an idiot, Ned.
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You're surrounded, mate.
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Taking on a whole Victorian police force
in homemade bulletproof body armour.
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Oh, no!
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You're only making this worse for
yourself.
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Far away.
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You're not going to hurt me. Turns out
Ned's legs were not armoured.
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But as Constable James Dwyer is about to
find out, his underpants were... Check
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it!
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They say Dwyer hopped about like a
demented frickin' kangaroo, which is
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Australian for fool, yeah?
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History has taught us that fools can be
well nasty, they can be well nice, they
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can be zeros or even heroes. But one
thing's for sure, they are all...
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Crazy bra.
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Until next time, stay away from stupid,
all right?
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My grandmother knits them, and then I
take them to Spitalfield, and I sell
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for a tenner each.
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The Victorian era was a time of great
invention, and one such brilliant idea
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the bicycle. It transformed the way
people travelled, although not everyone
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thought it was a good idea.
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Good day.
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I went out by the perfectly full pot of
loveliness.
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A gift, perhaps, for the only man in
your life? The only man in the village,
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more like.
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Incoming.
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What is it, Dr Shadwell? I'm a very busy
woman.
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Oh, well, three things. One, will you
marry me?
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No. Two, will you marry me?
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Uh, no. And three, you appear to be
wearing my trousers. Will you marry me?
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Yes. Yes, you'll marry me. Yes, I'm
wearing your trousers. I stole them from
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your washing line this morning. Left you
my skirt.
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Some odd strange behaviour, my sweet
trifle of desire.
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Not really. I wanted to ride this
bicycle.
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If I wear that skirt, I'll take off like
an owl.
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Just any owl, my love. The most wondrous
of owls with the most kissable of
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beaks.
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I'm afraid I simply must go, Doctor.
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I'm planning on riding to the next
village today.
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The next village?
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That's miles away.
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You surely won't make it without...
Hitting a tingle. I will with my
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Don't you worry, Julie.
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Paint? Buckle? Go doolally?
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No. I've read your extensive list of
don'ts for women riders.
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Don't race.
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Don't coat.
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Don't criticise other people's legs.
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Don't scream if you meet a cow.
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Don't develop bicycle face.
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Bicycle face?
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It's a real condition, and not something
I just made up to stop you from
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leaving. It occurs when ladies like
yourself try extra hard not to fall off
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riding a bike.
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Regard.
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Bicycle face.
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Ridiculous. You look like a smashed
crab.
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Surely the most dashing of all smashed
crabs, my sweet. A kissy kiss kiss?
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No, just the most smashed, with eyes
like a bulging frog.
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Ride safe, my love.
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And don't speak to any other men. I
will.
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And will you marry me?
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No!
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Now, I'm not sure why, but there seems
to be a bit of a craze for this
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newfangled bicycle thingy.
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The strangest one I've seen has a very
big front wheel and a much smaller back
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wheel. But do you know what it's called?
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A. A penny farthing. B.
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The answer is A.
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Apparently,
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it's because the big wheel and the
little wheel are very different sizes,
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like pennies and farthings.
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But I prefer a three -wheeled tricycle.
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It's not safer for those of us with
creaminess, that's sure.
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And no, I'm not too short for a penny
farthing.
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The rest of you were too tall.
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Victoria died in 1901, aged 81 years
old, and was succeeded by her eldest
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Edward VII.
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Yes, she may have been a tiny five foot
tall, but at the time of their death,
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she had a big stature as the UK's
longest serving monarch.
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She reigned for a whopping 64 years, and
in her lifetime, there were huge
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advances like photography, telephones,
and railways.
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Didn't little Dreena?
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Come a long, long way.
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Chatty death, chatty death, my grisly
interviews.
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Chatty death, chatty death, the dead and
famous too.
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No, they don't make you look cool,
Nigel. You're indoors, mate.
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Oh, welcome back. Time for my next
guest.
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It's former Queen of the United Kingdom
and Empress of India, Queen Victoria.
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Don't mind them, love. They've been dead
all week.
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It's a pleasure to meet you, Vicky. I
must say, I've always been a fan. Black
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clothes, grey hair. It's a cool look.
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00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:27,679
Thank you. Nice to meet someone else
making black work for them. Oh, you're a
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charmer. If I was alive, my cheeks would
be bright red.
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So, Vicky.
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How would you like to be remembered?
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As the longest reigning monarch in
British history, in charge of one of the
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largest empires in the world.
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Oops. When modern people look at their
British empire, I want them to think of
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me.
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Hashtag awkward.
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A bit of a problem there, love.
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There isn't one.
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What? The empire's gone. Finished.
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India, Egypt, all of it. They run
themselves now.
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Really?
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Yeah. To be honest, you're mostly
remembered for being a bit of a misery,
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We are not amused and all that.
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Oh, I only said it once.
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00:25:13,350 --> 00:25:16,650
And the opera I had just watched was
rubbish.
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00:25:17,230 --> 00:25:22,529
Hey, you're always saying it. Oh, but I
was amused at other times. I was amused
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by lots of things.
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00:25:24,670 --> 00:25:25,720
Ooh, like jokes.
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Sometimes. Good, good. Um, uh, uh,
what's a corpse's favourite food?
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Gravy.
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Gravy!
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That's a good one.
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Oh, no. Vicky, it's too much for me.
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Too much, get it? Because you're dead in
a tomb. Too much.
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We are not amused.
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Oh, yeah? Well, this will amuse me.
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No sense of humour.
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None.
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Big round of applause for Queen
Victoria, everyone.
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Yeah, don't bother. Might change the
habit of a lifetime.
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Chatty deaf, chatty deaf. Hope next time
it's not you. Hoo -hoo!
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Tall tales. We gave you all the bits and
facts. We showed you all a juicy bit.
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Gory, darkly, mean and cruel.
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Stuff they don't teach you at school.
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The past is no longer a mystery.
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Hope you enjoyed Horrible History.
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