The queen who famously hated pirates, particularly in a comedic sense, is Queen Victoria, as portrayed in the animated film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (also known as The Pirates! Band of Misfits). Voiced by Imelda Staunton, this fictionalized Queen Victoria despises pirates for being outdated and tries to capture them to add them to her collection of rare creatures for dinner, famously declaring, "I HATE PIRATES!".
The Queen's favourite pirate
Born in Tavistock, Devon around 1542, Francis Drake was a noted Elizabethan seafarer. But as one of the central English commanders who fought against the Spanish Armada, Drake is probably better known as a privateer, or pirate.
Victoria was a big fan of politicians who were charming and sucked up to her - Melbourne and Disraeli being the obvious examples. She really disliked Gladstone (the most famous politician of the day) who she basically thought was a grumpy old schoolteacher who liked to lecture her.
The BBC History Magazine stated that the book told a "charming tale which should have been told before", and in Dawn, the book was described as "a mélange of history, drama and fantasy". The Times of India said that its power lay in it being "fact rather than fiction".
She almost had beheaded Polly, but Mr. Bobo saves her to disrupt the meal. Then, the Pirate Captain and his crew have a confrontation with her to keep Polly alive, making her get stranded on an island. Near the end of the film, the other rare animals decide to eat Queen Victoria.
Grace O'Malley
Her family ran both a legitimate shipping business and a piracy business. Inherited her father's lands (Umhaill), becoming a powerful Irish ruler. With her three ships and two hundred men, O'Malley plundered ships both from England and from other parts of Ireland.
The Queen's cipher was discreetly embroidered into each garment. The numbering system (in this case '35') was to help the household staff to identify and sort the linen after laundering, and possibly because such garments were ordered in quantities and then worn in rotation.
The 2017 film 'Victoria and Abdul' highlights the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria and her Indian Muslim servant, Abdul Karim. This unlikely friendship and his sudden elevation to Queen's confidant made him many enemies at court…
People discuss the fact that Abdul's wife doesn't seem able to have children. A doctor is asked to examine her 'downstairs'. Abdul is described as being 'riddled with the clap'. The Queen is later told that Abdul has gonorrhoea.
“Long before her successful marriage to Prince Albert, Princess Victoria had an affair with the dashing Scottish 13th Lord Elphinstone.
By far the most popular monarch is the recently departed Queen Elizabeth II. Fully 82% of Britons say they have a favourable view of the nation's ruler from 1952-2022, compared to only 8% who have an unfavourable view. In second place is Britain's other famously long-running female monarch: Queen Victoria.
In the 19th century, Queen Victoria was among those who ignored advice to breastfeed, and instead employed a wet nurse. Indeed, she was fiercely opposed to maternal breastfeeding – believing it to be an unsuitable practice for aristocratic women – and was horrified when two of her daughters decided to breastfeed.
Victoria initially was rather unpleasant towards him because she didn't know him. However, when she got to know him, she enjoyed him being her adviser. Victoria was sad to see him retire after the death of Lord Drummond.
Edward England is known today as one of the more humane pirate captains of the Golden Age of Piracy.
Prince Phillip
They met at a school event. The tour guides scheduled for Elizabeth's family came down with the mumps, Phillip led the royals around, and the rest is history. She fell hard for him—she was 13 and he was 18.
Francis Drake was key to gaining much of England's riches and naval successes, however morally corrupt his actions were! He would attack Spanish vessels, taking the treasure that they had brought back from abroad, and would raid Spanish and Portuguese ports.
And recommend him for a post she did: Queen Victoria made Abdul Karim her official munshi (teacher) as well as Indian Clerk to the Queen. This too he notes in his diary: “It was a day I shall never forget and for the same I shall ever thank my God and pray for the long life and happiness of Her Majesty.”
In 1887, Queen Victoria met 24-year-old Abdul Karim from Agra—a royal encounter that turned into a scandalous friendship. She called him Munshi (teacher), learned Urdu, and made curry part of her daily meals.
In 1901, Victoria dies, and Bertie, now King Edward VII, rejects Abdul, burning all the gifts and papers from the Queen, and sending him and his family back to India. Abdul's wife saves the locket Victoria gave him. It is revealed that Abdul lived in India until his death eight years later in 1909.
The relationship of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria is one of the great love stories in the history of the British monarchy. Deeply devoted to one another, the couple had nine children during their 21-year marriage. After Albert's death, Victoria wore black for the rest of her life.
Princess Gauramma is pretty well documented. There's even a few 'popular' books on her. C. P. Belliappa, Victoria Gowramma: The Lost Princess of Coorg (2009, Rupa Publications)– The only full-length biography dedicated to her life, tracing her journey from Benares to England, and the fate of her descendants.
Queen Victoria's attachment to Abdul caused turmoil in the royal household but she supported him against all opposition. After Queen Victoria's death in 1901, Abdul returned to his house, Karim Lodge, on his estate in Agra, India which the Queen had helped him to buy.
It's more of a modern reinterpretation that gained traction through social media. But historically, the bow started as a functional detail- women used to tie their underwear at the front before elastic existed, and the bow marked the front. Over time it became more of a decorative element, which is how we use it today.
Into her teens, Victoria demonstrated a 22-inch waist – equivalent now to a size 6. Images of Young Victoria are rarely circulated, often overshadowed by the dominant, fuller figured woman.
The open-crotch design made personal hygiene more convenient, particularly when dealing with multiple layers of clothing. This allowed women to use chamber pots, outhouses, or communal latrines without needing to undress completely—especially beneficial in colder climates or limited-privacy situations.