Queen Victoria ruled Great Britain for 64 years . (1837-1901)
She became queen when she was 18 years old .
She was short but very graceful .
She had beautiful blue eyes and an attractive voice .
In 1840 she married Prince Albert .
They led a happy life and had nine children .
He helped her a lot in her political life.
She was , therefore , very sad when her husband died .
In fact , she wore black clothes for the rest of her life ,
and she did not appear in public for ten years after Albert's death .
Finally she overcame her grief and began to appear more often .
In the last tewnty years of her riegn ,
she was very popular among the British people .
In 1901 , when she died ,
everyone realized that an age was over .