Le Secret du Corps de la Reine Victoria Que les Portraits Cachaient

When we think of Queen Victoria, we imagine an invincible sovereign reigning over the world's largest empire. But behind the crowns and official portraits lay a grueling physical reality. In this fascinating documentary, discover the silent torment of Queen Victoria's body. Having become a veritable "child-making machine" with nine arduous pregnancies, she endured the torture of corsets, the dangers of chloroform-laced childbirth, questionable hygiene, and the ravages of grief that led to depression and obesity. Discover the shocking contrast between the magnificent official portraits and the truly exhausted woman hidden beneath 40 years of mourning clothes. Subscribe for more historical secrets, and tell us in the comments: could you have withstood the physical strain placed on a queen? ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ⏱️ CHAPTERS: 00:00 — The Myth of the Untouchable Queen 00:39 — A Body Belonging to the Empire 01:46 — The Hell of the Corset and Suffocated Breath 02:44 — 9 Pregnancies: A Mother's Exhaustion 03:44 — Giving Birth in the 19th Century (and the Chloroform Scandal) 04:51 — Questionable Hygiene in Royal Palaces 05:51 — The Crushing Weight of Dresses and Mourning 06:47 — Damaged Teeth and Toxic Cosmetics 07:40 — Food as Refuge and Weight Gain 08:34 — How Grief deformed her body 09:30 — Opium and dangerous remedies of the time 10:24 — Growing old in the public eye 11:15 — The great lie of official portraits 13:26 — Would you have survived a day in her shoes? 15:33 — The final mirror: the woman behind the legend ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🎵 MUSIC AND COPYRIGHT: Music: YouTube Audio Library (Esther Abrami, Doug Maxwell, Aakash Gandhi, Biz Baz Studio, Wayne Jones, Ethan Meixsell, Hanu Dixit). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license for the use of the tracks "Descent" and "Heartbreaking" (artist: Kevin MacLeod): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/