Queen Victoria recording

Title

Queen Victoria recording

Genre

Speech

TX Date

13 Nov 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:00:22

Description

Archive clip which is believed to be the only recording of Queen Victoria, thought to have been made at Balmoral Castle in 1888. The message includes the words: Greetings...the answer must be...I have never forgotten. The recording was on a wax cylinder rediscovered in 1991 at the Science Museum in London. Audio quality extremely poor.

Contributors

Queen Victoria

Keywords

Royal family; Royalty; Recordings; Queen Victoria; Archival recordings

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