INTERESTING FACTS: QUEEN VICTORIA'S 9 CHILDREN

QUEEN VICTORIA'S 9 CHILDREN

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THE NINE CHILDREN OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND PRINCE ALBERT.

Since many of you are commenting on the children not smiling, I thought I would tell you the reason here. During this era it was custom for people not to smile in photographs (kind of like how we are not supposed to smile in our passport photos today).  Photography also worked differently back then. The exposure time was long which meant that the people had to hold the same expression and sit still for a long period of time. If they didn't they would turn out blurry in the photo. Two examples of this are little Beatrice's left arm in the photo shown at 2:45 , and also, if you look closely to the right of Vicky at 4:41 there is sort of an outline of her which could indicate that she might have moved a little during the exposure time. So it's not just the children of Queen Victoria that looked sad, stiff and gloomy in their pictures. The majority of all the photos taken in the 19th centry will show people not smiling. Smiling in photos became more common in the early 20th century.

Because of this "no-smiling-in-photos-thing" I, personally, find it precious when they have slipped a little smile. If you're looking closely you can see some of the children smiling in some of the photos shown in the video (with or without showing their teeth).

Victoria "Vicky"      1840 - 1901

Albert Edward "Bertie"  1841 - 1910

Alice              1843 - 1878

Alfred "Affie"      1844 - 1900

Helena "Lenchen"  1846 - 1923

Louise           1848 - 1939

Arthur           1850 - 1942

Leopold          1853 - 1884

Beatrice "Baby"   1857 - 1944

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