We Are Not Amused – Victorian Views on Pronunciation as Told in the Pages of Punch

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Queen Victoria is revealed to be watching the climactic trial in the video game The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve, and uses her authority to strip the main villain of his position as chief justice. Rather than appearing in person, another character reads her proclamation to the court. The anecdote reads: "Sitting low down the table, he [Helps] described the members of the household as chatting and laughing, when the Queen—looking grimly at them—remarked, ‘We are not amused!’ which must have had a cooling effect." Harrison, Shane (15 April 2003), "Famine Queen row in Irish port", BBC News, archived from the original on 19 September 2019 , retrieved 29 March 2013

On 14 December 1878, the anniversary of Albert's death, Victoria's second daughter Alice, who had married Louis of Hesse, died of diphtheria in Darmstadt. Victoria noted the coincidence of the dates as "almost incredible and most mysterious". [154] In May 1879, she became a great-grandmother (on the birth of Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen) and passed her "poor old 60th birthday". She felt "aged" by "the loss of my beloved child". [155] Hibbert, pp. 94–96; Marshall, pp. 53–57; St Aubyn, pp. 109–112; Waller, pp. 359–361; Woodham-Smith, pp. 170–174 Queen Victoria and the Princess Royal, Royal Collection, archived from the original on 17 January 2016 , retrieved 29 March 2013a b c d e f g h i j Matthew, H. C. G.; Reynolds, K. D. (October 2009) [2004], "Victoria (1819–1901)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.), Oxford University Press, doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/36652 (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Fulford, Roger, ed. (1976), Darling Child: Private Correspondence of Queen Victoria and the German Crown Princess of Prussia, 1871–1878, London: Evans Brothers Assassin's Creed Syndicate London Stories - Queen Victoria Memories". Prima Games. 30 October 2015 . Retrieved 24 August 2016. Cadbury, Deborah (2017), Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages That Shaped Europe, Bloomsbury Bragança, Jose Vicente de (2014), "Agraciamentos Portugueses Aos Príncipes da Casa Saxe-Coburgo-Gota"[Portuguese Honours awarded to Princes of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha], Pro Phalaris (in Portuguese), vol.9–10, p.6, archived from the original on 25 November 2021 , retrieved 28 November 2019 We are not amused' is a quotation, attributed to Queen Victoria. What's the origin of the phrase 'We are not amused'?Palmerston died in 1865, and after a brief ministry led by Russell, Derby returned to power. In 1866, Victoria attended the State Opening of Parliament for the first time since Albert's death. [130] The following year she supported the passing of the Reform Act 1867 which doubled the electorate by extending the franchise to many urban working men, [131] though she was not in favour of votes for women. [132] Derby resigned in 1868, to be replaced by Benjamin Disraeli, who charmed Victoria. "Everyone likes flattery," he said, "and when you come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel." [133] With the phrase "we authors, Ma'am", he complimented her. [134] Disraeli's ministry only lasted a matter of months, and at the end of the year his Liberal rival, William Ewart Gladstone, was appointed prime minister. Victoria found Gladstone's demeanour far less appealing; he spoke to her, she is thought to have complained, as though she were "a public meeting rather than a woman". [135] Real orden de damas nobles de la Reina Maria Luisa", Calendario Manual y Guía de Forasteros en Madrid (in Spanish), Madrid: Imprenta Real, p.91, 1834, archived from the original on 28 March 2021 , retrieved 21 November 2019– via hathitrust.org Fulford, Roger, ed. (1968), Dearest Mama: Letters Between Queen Victoria and the Crown Princess of Prussia, 1861–1864, London: Evans Brothers Production notes that include scene-by-scene information, prop lists, staging ideas and anything else relevant to staging a great performance St. Aubyn, Giles (1991), Queen Victoria: A Portrait, London: Sinclair-Stevenson, ISBN 1-85619-086-2

Stanley Kunitz and H. W. Wilson Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature. Supplement, Volume 1. New York, 1955. (p. 1083) For instance, if someone were to say an inappropriate adult joke at a kid’s birthday party, the other adults would probably be more inclined to say, “ we are not amused,” than laugh at the joke. The phrase shows a strong sentiment of discontent in the other persons or persons. Example Usage It seems to me a defect in our much famed Constitution, to have to part with an admirable Govt like Ld Salisbury's for no question of any importance or any particular reason, merely on account of the number of votes.

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