Watch Queen Victoria’s Funeral Procession – 1901

by Gunn & Stuart, albumen print, 1896As which was custom, Queen Victoria spent Christmas (1900) at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight - immobile due to terrible rheumatism in her legs and poor vision due to cataracts. After Christmas, sometime in January, she felt weak and unwell and by mid-month she was drowsy, dazed and confused. On 22 January 1901, she passed away at the age of 81. Her son, Edward (succeeded as Edward VII), and her eldest grandson, Emperor Wilhelm [More]