Fading Empire and the 1897 Diamond Jubilee

Overview

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee of 1897 celebrated 60 years of the monarch's rule. As you revisit the pomp and circumstance of this grand occasion, Professor Deslandes will highlight what this sort of celebration revealed about London, its royals, and its citizens -- and also what it was intended to obscure about the decline of the British Empire and the rapid changes of a modern world.