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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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