#english_history 

Queen Victoria did not like the way in which power seemed to be [[Glorious Revolution#^62590f|slipping so quickly away from the monarchy and aristocracy]], but was unable to prevent it. Victoria married a German, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg, but he died in 1861. She had a cow and couldn't get over her sorrow at his death, and for a long time refused to be seen in public.
This was dangerous, as newspapers and radicals began to criticise her, so her advisers persuaded her to take a more active part in the kingdom's life.

One important step back to popularity was the publication in **1868** the queen's book "Our life in the Highlands", the queen's diary. The increasingly [[Society and industry in the 19th century|democratic]] British respected the queen. And the monarchy was, paradoxically, out of the woods. It was never safer than when it had lost most of its political power.