Queen Victoria's 9 Children

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






Disclaimer: I do not own the music or the pictures used in my video. The video is purely fan made. No profit.