with queen victoria. she set the stage for mourning in england when prince albert died in december of 1861. the civil war had just begun a few months before in the united states, america at the time, so they turned around and she set the stage for mourning rituals. whatever went on in england became popular in america. if you ever notice they came here for freedom and they named the rivers after kings, towns after queens, everything was still related to the british, even though they wanted to have free reign here in america. ok. here is a sketch of prince albert on his deathbed, something that was very popular at the time, that you had to make a very -- it was a dramatic thing. of course, no photography at the time, so they would have the family gathered around the bed. and that would lead to the good death and the art of dying, which is fascinating in itself. people would meet and surround their loved ones, and sometimes the loved one was thinking they clung tog, but life longer than expected, so this co

back to queen victoria. begins withurning queen victoria.ctoriand ritual of mourning the dead. the onset of world war i, and of course the roaring 20's when the skirt lines when up, people were not thinking way anymore.g this it was too reserved for them. it had served its purpose. people got through a death and some people never got over the death like queen victoria. she died loving albert, and that never changed. by today's standards, this whole thing of a morning -- mourning seems to be a strange practice. thele were comforted by mourning ritual and they showed a for their loved ones. act then, children new -- back everythingren knew about death. schoolbooks had a stories about parente brother dying, a dying. this was everyday life to them. death surrounded them. they lived more for debt than they did for life at that time. toay, most of us do not talk our children about death. i know i really didn't. it was hard to explain. act then, they did not talk to their children about sex. it is just the opposite now. kids know everything there i

made for the timbers of the resolute sent by queen victoria to the president. there is a plaque mounted on the drawer that is still there today. it briefly outlines the history of the ship. it says this table was presented by the queen of great britain to the president of the united states. as a memorial of the courtesy and lovingkindness which dictated the offer of the gift of the resolute. i also want to share this image with you. it is something that appeared a couple weeks later in the december 11, 1880 issue of frank leslie's illustrated newspaper. it was a design not chosen that featured relief costings of both president hayes and queen victoria. if you look carefully on the sides you will see there were arctic scenes provided in relief carvings. what was selected was a much simpler design with carved moldings and floral swags. the pedestal desk was the work of william evanston. a skilled carver. at chatham dock yard. the new panel with the seal of the president of the united states is associated with the desk today. it was added at the request of presiden

it was a design not chosen but featured relief carvings of both president hayes and queen victoria. if you look carefully on the sides, you'll see there were arctic scenes provided in relief carvings. what was selected was a much simpler design with carved moldings and floral swags. it was the work of william evandale, a skilled carver. the knee hole panel with the seal of the president of the united states, that's associated with this desk today was added at the request of president franklin roosevelt. it was a desire to hide his leg braces and a safe under his desk. it was designed by the white house architect and constructed in 1945. unfortunately president roosevelt didn't live long enough to see the panel completed. i can tell you that this desk has been used by nearly every president since rutherford b. hayes. it was first placed in the oval office during the presidency of john f. kennedy. it left the oval office after his death and it was returned to in 1977 for president carter. here you see it today in president trump's oval office. as we learned at lunchtime during the lat

i think this is especially true in the case of queen victoria and prince albert. they found and invented inventive are just -- inventive artist. he produced wonderfully rich renaissance revival decorations which you can see on the left, there. i the time edward vii succeeded his mother in 1901, those interiors are hopelessly out of date and instead, a sort of louis xvi revivalist style was very much in vogue. so he brought in his choice of architect. they introduced the white and gold painted look. it was so much associated with the ritz hotel in london which was completed around the same time i think you can see the very stark contrast. palace interiors have actually changed very little since the early 20th century. mention must be made of queen mary. like edward vii, she was very much a product of her time. she was intensely interested in the decorative arts and collected numerous small intricate objects such as jade or gold boxes. she recorded a great many in her capsule. she redecorated her own private rooms in the palace and putting -- palace including a japa

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usually avoided that temptation but on this occasion he did name the majestic sea in honor of his queen victoria i david livingston's writings inspired so much and susie has him that he became a household name in one foreword the scot was described as one of the greatest among the great explorers who were braving danger and discomfort to open up the mysteries of africa for almost a quarter of a century he had worked zealously in the dark continent he loved and after exploring the upper reaches of the mighty zambezi river and becoming the first european to witness the miracle of the victoria falls livingston began the long trip across the country which brought him even greater fame and made him the first scientifically educated european to have crossed the antarctic continent for its ocean and shall i say that many other explorers read livingstone's book and were inspired to set out for the victoria falls as they had come to be known. in eight hundred sixty three and later explorers came upon the letters d n l where living. john himself had come off the on a train a little island by the falls. th

in the nineteenth century paisley scarves were popular in chile scotland queen victoria ordered them by the dozen and introduced them to british society and the patterns changed over time and there has always been much speculation about their symbolic meaning. was. it was supposed to be. the tree of life the various other meanings like that but. when it was used on the piers the shawl in the nineteenth century it was simply a decorative device. hippies embraced the paisley pattern during the flower power movement of the one nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's. the beatles wore it as did the indian musician ravi shankar and the indian lifestyle was in at the time and the paisley motif symbolized it. you're guaranteed to find a paisley scarf here in these two old weaver house that is called the smart shot cottages. was built about one thousand nine hundred forty seven hundred forty and they had laid hundreds of population their lives about seventeen thousand and about fourteen thousand that involved in the leaving industry. the whole family of readers would have lived and slept in a ro

and like queen victoria, who, after prince albert died, would wear black for the rest of her life, sarah hale wears black for the rest of her life. nothing will ever replace her husband for her. but, she is a widow with children to support. and so, she turns to her greatest asset, which is her literary skills, this amazing education she received at home. so she publishes a successful novel. she publishes a book of verses for sunday school children that includes "mary had a little lamb" -- only it was called "mary's lamb" when she first wrote it. and, based on the success of her novel and her book of verses, she begins the first ladies' magazine. at first, she only publishes it in boston. the boston ladies magazine. but with the success of her -- of that magazine, she would become the editress of godey's ladies book, the national magazine for women. so, here's the irony of her career. and, i have got a cover of godey's ladies' book so you can get a sense of the cover of that. let me get you to the thought of this ladies book. the irony of this book is that sarah hale is a hardheaded, succ

appointment to go to london. , madamehis mistress bordeaux of new york, to london, he introduced her to queen victoria. he comes back and becomes a congressman. [laughter] >> one thing follows another. nicestve into one of the mansions on lafayette square. how could this young guy of ford affordford -- young guy this beautiful mansion and carriage and all the trappings? his ways.es socialite,uite a even though she is very young. she's a favorite of james buchanan, the president. starts to go around in these carriages and she gets to meet philip martin key. he was the son of francis got key. -- francis scott key. he became enamored with her. there she is. another, theyto got to go quite it toward a fair -- torrid affair. -- he would wave a white handkerchief whenever he wanted to meet. everyone knew about this in washington except dan sickles. he finally gets a poison pen letter. he was in raged. enraged.aged -- an he forced her to sign a confession. bad timing, he looks out the window and there's philip martin key. ,e puts a couple of pistols slips out back and challenges -- he shoots him four times.

he took his mistress, the madam of a bordello in new york, to london, he introduced her to queen victoria you can imagine. he comes back and becomes a congressman. [laughter] >> one thing follows another. washington and they move into one of the nicest mansions on lafayette square. people were saying, how could this young guy afford this beautiful mansion and carriage and all the trappings? there was a lot of -- yeah. but he continues his ways. teresa is quite a socialite, even though she is very young. she is well accepted. she's a favorite of james buchanan, the president. she would drive around in these carriages. she got to meet philip martin key. he was the son of francis scott key. he, like his father, was a stupid attorney of washington. and he became enamored with her. there she is. one thing led to another, and they got into quite a torrid affair. he had a house he rented off of lafayette square. his signal was that he would go next to the monument and he would wave a white handkerchief whenever he wanted to meet. everybody knew about this in washington except dan sickles. [laugh

mistress, who was the madam of a bordello in new york, with him to london and introduced her to queen victoriae comes back and becomes a congressman. [laughter] gil: one thing follows another. and moved to washington they move into one of the nicest mansions on lafayette square. people are saying, how could this young guy afford this beautiful mansion, not to mention he had one of the nicest carriages inicest washington and all the trappings. but he continues his ways. and teresa is actually quite a socialite, even though she is very young. she is well accepted and she is a favorite of james buchanan, the president. she finally starts -- she would drive around in these carriages -- she got to meet philip martin key. key was the son of francis scott key. he, like his father, was the district attorney for washington. he became enamored with her. let's see here. there she is. anotherone thing led to , and they got to go quite a torrid affair. he actually had a little house he rented right off lafayette square. his signal was he would go next to the jackson monument and wave a white handkerchief w

in mansion house, the traffic lights aren't working at queen victoria street at the junction with cannon some of very isolated showers popping up here and there, but they should be few and far between, many of us getting away with a dry day. temperatures getting up to 22 degress celsius with just a light to south—easterly breeze. as we head through this evening, those showers fade away and we are left with mainly clear skies overnight. temperatures, we are looking at lows between nine and 12 degress celsius, just touching single figures. for tomorrow, again lots of sunny spells, a largely dry day for tomorrow. there will be some more stubborn areas of cloud at times. but generally speaking, quite a decent day. temperatures on the rise, looking at highs of 23 degrees celsius. but sunday is even warmer and it may be that we reach 25, 26 degrees celsius in some spots. really, a decent weekend. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with steph mcgovern and naga munchetty. j

got a couple of cold nights by day gets up to eighteen to twenty to pick li from southern queens and dancer victoria to much as sass australia these are the thick is for the full cost of tuesday's max without much better in brisbane to be quite on this or even times do in fact person more discus the same place but a cold front coming through purrs will leave bit of rain but not a huge amount in the sun comes out afterwards and the same time the cloud is closing in once or once again on victoria but these fronts are particularly active we've had the rather active ones that brought in the cold weather the clouds being gathering in the tasman sea has already hit the western side of new zealand so you can expect a couple of cloudy days and possibly wet ones so in the forecast oakland cross church similar temperatures the same sort of air on the clouds bringing rain is like to be as a toughie is not a huge amount of rain it tends to clear slow east was just dissolves rain however in summer midsummer is returning first of all to the korean peninsula in beijing and then to japan. struggles. with. full of p

the queen victoria station headquarters yesterday, mr. webb falling off the chair.u an open question -- let me go to a wonderful dig on where i am on this and we will get alex's thought. benjamin bayne with a fabulous quick take last night. regulators may want to examine regulation but funding for the move has been security --. down down. investor support is confirmed. bankers close to tesla were said to have no knowledge of plans for taking the company private. ok, i'm dazzled. let me ask you an open question, where does this go in terms of disclosure? tesla does say in the filings it will relief some stock on social media. i think that is warning investors you will post things social media, that is allowed. the question is there truth in this? did give himself leeway because he said i am considering taking tesla private. does he means he needs to demonstrate he had conversations with bankers? orestors who fund the buyout investors who currently invest in tesla and retain their shares to make it private? a lot of question marks. you get only tell the answers if the

got a couple of cold nights by day gets up to eighteen to twenty typically from southern queens and dancer victoria to watch as sas australia these are all the thick is the full cross the tuesdays next without much better in brisbane to be caught on this or even times do in fact boris gets the same place but a cold front coming through post will leave bit of rain but not a huge amount in the sun comes out off the woods and same time the cloud is closing in once or once again on victoria but these fronts are particularly active we've had the rather active ones. brought in the cold weather the clouds being gathering in the tasman sea has already hit the western side of new zealand so you can expect a couple of cloudy days and possibly wet ones so in the forecast oakland cross church similar temperatures same sort of air and the cloud bringing rain is like to be as a toughie is not a huge amount of rain it tends to clear slow east was just dissolved rain however in summer midsummer is returning first of all to the korean peninsula in beijing and then to japan. a new poll ranks mexico city is the pool

adelaide bringing rain here on the cold front probably bring rain through victoria and i think we'll see some in new south wales some in queens and not enough to break the drought but it was a bit of welcome rain all saying the hymn of it all is down to tasmania and of course this system will eventually move towards new zealand but that will take a day or two in the immediate past and in the immediate future got this circulation here quite a windy one bringing big swells the western side of both islands the clouds just going to the east as they should have been sunshine for a while but shall seem likely in science out across churches and shelter here then as we wind things up the temperatures dropped to christ church and the rain is left as a few showers in autumn now it's been very wet in new caledonia recently in this line up the western pacific is cause an active one of the moment there's right at the top and been causing flooding in seoul right in the forecast now is running towards northern honshu such a pattern is in for a persistently wet time. desperate for a better life millions of people have sought refuge in europe

adelaide bringing rain here on the cold front probably bring rain through victoria and i think we'll see some in new south wales some in queens and not enough to break the drought but it was a bit of welcome rain will say in the head of it all is down to tasmania and of course this system will eventually move towards new zealand but that will take a day or two in the immediate past and in the immediate future got this circulation here quite a windy one bringing big swells the western side of both islands the clouds just going to the east as they should have been sunshine for a while but shall seem likely in science out across churches and shelter here then as we wind things up the temperatures dropped to christ church and the rain is left as a few showers in autumn now it's been very wet in new caledonia recently in this line up the western pacific is cause an active one of the moment there's rain at the top end been causing flooding in seoul right in the forecast now is running towards northern honshu such a pattern is in for a persistently wet time. in an instant in shifting news cycle the receiving change a number of tweet