What was the Indian Queen?

Answer 1

Properly speaking there was no such Monarch. Queen Victoria was given the title of Empress of India I believe in l887. This was engineered by her Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli. Mr. Disraeli came up with the so-called (Royal Titles Bill) sometimesd called(Foreign Titles Bill) so Her Majesty could reign over both the United Kingdom as Queen and as Empress of India. The Royal Titles Bill self-destructed with the abandonment of India as a crown colony in I belileve l947, so Empress of India is NOT one of Elizabeth II"s royal titles, though FD (Fide Defensor) is still Ont he books and on the coins, the F.D. means defender of the faith, not Fire Department! Byt hje way strictly speaking the term British Empire was not official prior to the Royal titles Bill, theogh England had many colonies and dominions antedating this. By the way the phrase in the concluding antiphon of the Lord"s prayer rendered (Kingdom) in the King James Translation,(For thine is the Kingdom..) is rendered EMPIRE in the French translation-pour Vouse etes L"Empire! Different strokes(of Royal scepter) for different nationalities.