The Victorians: Life and Death - Professor Richard J. Evans

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His voice is nice and soothing.

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It did make me take a good look at life and say can I do this?

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Years ago I read a description of one Victorian-era funeral. It's one of those stories where you don't know if it's true, but it ought to be. The deceased had left a provision in her will that every mourner at her funeral who did not laugh would receive a sum of money. During the funeral procession people kept thinking about that provision and about how silly it was. It's a funeral, who is going to laugh? The more people thought about it the sillier it became. All it needed was one person to lose control--and that's what happened. All in the procession started laughing uncontrollably, holding on to each other, to the hearse, all laughing!

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This explains some of Queen Victoria and her mourning customs after Albert died.

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Baby Princess Beatrice wore baby mourning clothes after Prince Albert died.

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don't watch if you are already depressed. or grieving,

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If you're interested in history of the Victorian people this Will not tell you anything new very slow and not very interesting