Young Victoria??

[puddicat]

The film young victoria has just been released, why oh why do they make her so stunning, in reality she wasnt a looker!, i am talking about queen victoria here, not mrs beckham!!!

[legendis.god]

Apparently she wa arather pretty and was mad about sex too.
Where do you think all the children came from?

She loved a bit of it and had a few liasons before amrrying her cousin and having a brood.



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[LoftyLottie2]

Neither her nor Mrs Beckham were/are good looking in my opinion!! ;o)

Short, plump and very miserable looking. Who would you have suggested play the part puddi? :o)

[China Doll]

Like Henry VIII she was very attractive when younger and thought to be quite the beauty, (if my history text books were correct) but they didn't age well I guess compared to modern standards.

http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/gallery_images/0708/ 0000/0340/the_young_queen_victoria_mid.jpg

Relatively sure that's ^^^ a picture of her as a younger lass and I think she's quite pretty.

[daniela31]

of course she was pretty as a young girl.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ 7/77/Queen_Victoria,1843.jpg

looks a bit like Princess Bea to me.
:-)

[puddicat]

yep i agree with you seems quite bonny when she was young and bea does look like her,but the actress they have protraying her is stunning,my paternal grandmother looked like victoria when she was old lol!!

[LoftyLottie2]

But the portraits painted always made people look pretty!

The artists had to make them look pretty!!

[legendis.god]

Mnay people make the mistake of thinking victoria always wore black and was short and fat.

She did in the latter years of her reign.
But she was queen for 50 years so a very long time .As a young queee she was pretty and very domineeering.

I believe norman st jonn stevis the politician has the biggest collection of queen victoria memorabillia and is a renowned authority on her too.

[China Doll]

They still had to be a good dipiction Lofty as they'd also get in trouble for that too. They'd be accused of poking fun etc... Some of these royals are terribly sensitive about slights on their looks and even one done to make them look good could potentially irritate.

Same for poetry actually... Lord Rochester got in to an awful lot of trouble for his poem about the then king, (I think it was a Charles or an Edward but don't remember). Mind you, he was a rather naughty chappie so he probably deserved it!

[pastafreak]

Look at her here...certainly not an ugly duckling

http://www.youngqueenvictoria.com/

[LoftyLottie2]

There are very few portraits I have seen of anyone in the royal family that make them look plain. Even portrait photos!!

I am not saying she is ugly, but I don't think she was particularly pretty either.

[origamimark]

My understanding was she was a right little raver !