A strong queen is what this country needs. Queen Victoria was born on 24 May 1819 at Kensington Palace in London. She became queen at 18, on 20 June 1837, after the death of her uncle, William IV. She was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Her father was the fourth son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. On her mother’s side, her grandparents were Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Augusta Reuss of E