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The styles of the late 1830s; consisting of a close-fitting bodice, natural waist and bell-shaped skirt were particularly becoming to the 4'11" queen. Her lack of height and a tendency toward plumpness made her look best in simple well-tailored clothes such as riding habits. Victoria set the style for wearing a scarlet & gold tunic, navy riding skirt and small plumed hat for reviewing the troops that is still worn to today by her great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth. She wore black for forty years after her husband Prince Albert died. But in her youth she possessed some remarkable and elegant outfits, now stored at Kensington Palace.

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