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Queen Victoria's hand-written diaries published online

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Press Trust of India London
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 3:44 AM IST

The website was launched at Buckingham palace throne room today by Queen Elizabeth II to mark the Diamond Jubilee.

When asked if she herself kept a diary, the 86-year-old Queen replied: "Mine's not being published."

The only other sovereign apart from Elizabeth II to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee, Victoria reigned for 63 years and seven months.

And Victoria wrote of the scenes that greeted her during a parade to mark her Diamond Jubilee: "Passed through dense crowds, who gave me a most enthusiastic reception.

"It was like a triumphal entry. We passed down Cambridge Terrace, under a lovely arch bearing the motto, 'Our hearts thy Throne'."

Queen Victoria started her journals as a teenager after being told to document a trip to Wales by her mother

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First Published: May 25 2012 | 6:15 PM IST

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