{"id":3176,"date":"2019-06-24T11:29:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T11:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/?p=3176\/"},"modified":"2024-07-06T14:26:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T14:26:50","slug":"victoria-daisy-goodwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/en\/2019\/06\/24\/victoria-daisy-goodwin\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;VICTORIA&#8221; by Daisy Goodwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Victoria-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3181 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Victoria-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Victoria-1-1.jpg 318w, https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Victoria-1-1-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a>On HBO GO you can watch the series &#8220;Victoria&#8221;, realized after the book with the same name, written by Daisy Goodwin.\u00a0<br \/>\nIt is always more comfortable for me to read historical facts through fiction.<\/p>\n<p>So, I was very interested in reading how Victoria became a Queen at eighteen years old. But also I was angry about the people close to Victoria who, despite expecting her to be crowned, they did not do anything about her education as a future Queen.<\/p>\n<p>I choose the passage where Queen Victoria is asking Prince Albert in marriage.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>&#8220;I know it is not the custom for ordinary women to propose, but you are a queen, and it must come from you.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The reason I chose this particular passage is that even though I am not a Queen, I was the one who asked my future husband in marriage\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09 :<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>&#8220;-Albert, will you do me the honour? <\/strong><\/em>She stopped and shook her head.<strong>\u00a0&#8220;<em>No, that sound wrong.&#8221;<\/em> <\/strong>She looked away and back at him, and then in her clear voice said,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>&#8220;-&#8220;-Albert, will you marry me?&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Albert felt the smile spreading across his face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Albert:<\/span> <em><strong>&#8220;That depends.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Victoria:<\/span> <em><strong>&#8220;On what?&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Albert:<\/span> <em><strong>&#8220;On whether you will let me kiss you.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Victoria:<\/span> <em><strong>&#8220;Very well.&#8221; <\/strong><\/em>Closing her eyes, she raised her face to him.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Victoria:<\/span> <em><strong>&#8220;So. 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