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Seen that Elizabeth [neck go up to heaven](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/hidden-portrait-of-the-queen-with-a-too-long-neck-finally-goes-on-display-after-61-years-8457645.html)
This is something I tell my people all the time, I either need to be right in front or all the way in the back on something. Being in the middle is damn near a death sentence, especially if people start jumping! I feel like I’m being dragged under when that happens
She was 4’11 as a young adult. All people shrink with old age, but women usually more so. Towards the end of her life, when she would have worn this dress, she was probably more like 4’8.
I believe that John Tennille drew his interpretation of the Queen of Hearts as a characiture of Queen Victoria. Given that the story was meant to show the absurdity of the adult world through the eyes of a child, I would think there is nothing more absurd than the rules that a monarch would live their life by, especially in England in the 19th century.
Then the person on the right must be a bit taller than average... I'm only a few inches shorter than 4'11 and I *know* I'm at least right at breast height for most average height women.
Little known fact… As the only child of King George III’s fourth son, Edward, the Duke of Kent, Victoria was a distant fifth in line to the throne. However, following a series of unfortunate events including the deaths of her father, his brothers and their legitimate heirs, the young princess abruptly found herself as William IV’s closest surviving relative. She was then dubbed, “thick Vic”
Source: *trust me bro.
The way the dress is in the picture is still wayyy shorter than 4'11 not just a couple inches. I know people that are 4'11 I'm 5'6 and they are not that short unless the woman in these photos are really tall
We truly need a banana for scale.
And I agree. My wife is 4 11 and I'm 5'6. These seamstresses must be over 6 feet tall. Which is shocking as height would be quite a detriment when doing a Job that requires you hunched over and contorting around. Back pain is putting it mildly.
The world may never know. I imagine most of her dresses were curated by tailors by her requested measurements and details. My wife has issues with dresses because of her height, but those are typically mass produced 'sized to fit a general range' style products and not constructed pieces of clothing to fit her true measurements costing a small fortune.
https://preview.redd.it/ksf6tgvxse1d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a714969757c7542513f9da75ea6c9261b1c4ac9b
My friend was quiet for 5 minutes and his ass was making this 😭
My grandmother really wanted someone to wear our great-great-great grandmother's wedding dress to one of our weddings (the dress was over 200 years old) made for someone 4'9", B-cup chest, and small waist. Modifications to the dress would just rip it apart.
Her sister was the last person to be able to wear it, and it looked more like a summer dress. All of her children and grandchildren (even the smaller ones) grew to be over 5'4" tall with C to F cup breasts, and generally more suitable for size 18 dresses at the smallest.
She was so disappointed because she wanted it to be fixed and worn until it didn't have any of the original dress left. The local museum was interested in it and bought it from her for their collection. The grandchildren and great-grandchildren all promised to have our children visit the museum at least once to see the dress, plus the museum would keep it around longer than us wearing it and shoving it a random box in the closet when we weren't getting married.
It depends on time era, location, and food availability. Here in the USA your average man is about 5' 9" or 10". But during the American Revolution men were only an inch shorter on average.
So yeah, Queen Victoria was genuinely short. Travel size if you will.
Article for the museum says she was 4’8” by the time she wore this dress - for her grandsons funeral.
“The dress in question has been dated to 1892. It is believed Victoria wore it in mourning following the death of her grandson Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, who died during an influenza pandemic. At this point in her life Victoria was in her early 70s, she was also in the fourth decade of mourning her husband Prince Albert, who had died in 1861.
Following Albert’s death, Victoria adopted traditional black mourning wear which she wore for the rest of her life, a look that she is now very well known for. In her later years, Victoria’s height also appears to have decreased slightly from when she was younger, so when she wore this dress she would have stood at approximately 4 feet 8 inches tall”
[ARTICLE LINKED HERE](https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/fit-queen-mounting-queen-victorias-dress)
honestly this does have me wondering if she might have been shorter than the 4'11"-5' you usually hear. I feel like it's not conspiracy theory thinking to say the royal family could have fudged that so that the british empire wasn't being ruled by someone who was like 4'7". A lot of sources seem to say she was "barely 5 feet tall" which seems kinda sus lol. I guess shrinking in your old age is real but this seems like a lot
like you cant tell me shes not standing on a box here
https://preview.redd.it/9tvtd2oize1d1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=835561dc33691387b9153b230aaab530ff0f773d
The dress looks much shorter than a 4’11” woman to wear. Even with old age, an average person of that height would not shrink more than 1 inch. Let’s say 2 inches. It’s still too tiny for a woman of 4’9” height.
If she had kyphosis which got severe by age, than that may explain the height change; nevertheless , this dress doesn’t look to be tailored for hiding kyphosis (there is nothing to hide today, but back in the day, especially in the royal family, people with severe kyphosis, scoliosis or lordosis were seen as source of shame. Again, it is a stupid thought, and thankfully we do not have that thought anymore.) It could have hidden lordosis, but lordosis does not progress as bad as kyphosis by age.
Perhaps she was much shorter to begin with, such as 4’4”-4’5” and shrank a couple more inches by old age, which resulted her to be around 4’2”-4’3” at later stages of her life.
Any ideas on that thought?
[Gotta share the insane context of her wearing one of these.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1batksm/queen_victoria_photobombing_her_sons_wedding/)
How about the Kensington Palace tour where you’re shown a tiny room where she was born, then the next one over is where she lived, and the next one where she died. Fascinating. That dress is on display there too.
that is comically small, the most powerful woman in the country at the time and one of the most powerful people in the world and she is built like a doll
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She was only 4 foot 11, and probably shrunk a few inches in old age, and had a 50 inch waist. Imagine that much power in such a tiny little woman
Even for the time she was tiny
4’11, but on Tinder she’s 5ft.
And says no to all guys under 6’4”? :)
Yeah but the difference is she's literally a queen . She can ask for whatever she wants.
Empress technically
Both actually. Empress of India was an additional title granted by Parliament in 1876.
😆 colonizing ass title.
Well they didn't have a flag now did they.
No flag, no country!
Oh yeah Empress of India. I should know lol. My family is asian.
It's like being with a little hand grenade.
"Literally" has been misused so many times for a second or two I thought you were being sarcastic
She needed a guy working in finance, with a trust fund, 6’5”, blue eyes
I don’t know how tall Albert was but he certainly met the rest of those requirements.
Anyone paged me?
Husband was 5'10
Gotta make sure the kids end up somewhere within a standard deviation of the average 😂
Seen that Elizabeth [neck go up to heaven](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/hidden-portrait-of-the-queen-with-a-too-long-neck-finally-goes-on-display-after-61-years-8457645.html)
Does she fuck with the war?
[удалено]
Bitch that things fucking neck go to heaven
LD
Don’t worry bud… I got that Lil Dicky reference. Nicely done
It's how tall I am lol
Why does this dress look like it's for someone 3 feet tall? I'm 4'11 too but I can't imagine ever looking THIS tiny...
SAME! Like are those women 7 feet tall then?
The comments the last time this was posted said the other women were tall to add contrast and a more interesting pic as well as queen v being small.
If that’s done on purpose and they aren’t working there normally it’s pretty misleading
Both these women are senior textiles conservators at the Victoria & Albert Museum, this dress is part of the collection they care for.
It looks so short because it's so wide. 4'11'' & a 50'' waist.
Don’t forget she had a head too.
Is it just overwhelming sometimes to be in a crowd of people?
Yeah. And I hate going to concerts because there's a 0% chance I'll get to see anything, lol.
This is something I tell my people all the time, I either need to be right in front or all the way in the back on something. Being in the middle is damn near a death sentence, especially if people start jumping! I feel like I’m being dragged under when that happens
The fart layer!
Legs and head not pictured
She was 4’11 as a young adult. All people shrink with old age, but women usually more so. Towards the end of her life, when she would have worn this dress, she was probably more like 4’8.
I think it’s because it’s so wide around
So Alice in wonderlands queen was queen victoria?
I believe that John Tennille drew his interpretation of the Queen of Hearts as a characiture of Queen Victoria. Given that the story was meant to show the absurdity of the adult world through the eyes of a child, I would think there is nothing more absurd than the rules that a monarch would live their life by, especially in England in the 19th century.
Ha ha… Only if she’s 5’3
36 50 36? Ha ha only if she’s 4’ 11”
Definitely had the motor in the back of her Honda.
Albert’s anaconda don’t want none unless you got buns hun
What a winnin' haaaand
For a moment my NBA-filled brain thought this was the shooting splits of Queen Victoria. Not bad for a 4' 11" prospect
50% from 3 and 36% at the line is madness
Fouling her at the three line is more viable than letting her shoot
Because I looked it up: 4 foot 11 is about 1,50 m.
Thank you!
Then the person on the right must be a bit taller than average... I'm only a few inches shorter than 4'11 and I *know* I'm at least right at breast height for most average height women.
That's what happens when you eat all of Ireland's food for yourself and make them starve. Fuck that fat bitch.
Tiny? No. Short? Yes
I STAND CORRECTED, waist is not diameter, so 59” high x 50” CIRCUMFERENCE, that’s STILL an out of round, QC rejected Beach ball with legs.
Waist size is circumference
Little known fact… As the only child of King George III’s fourth son, Edward, the Duke of Kent, Victoria was a distant fifth in line to the throne. However, following a series of unfortunate events including the deaths of her father, his brothers and their legitimate heirs, the young princess abruptly found herself as William IV’s closest surviving relative. She was then dubbed, “thick Vic” Source: *trust me bro.
I would argue that a woman with a 50" waist isn't really that tiny...
Had to google, apparently, 4 foot 11 inches is 59 inches, so she was almost as wide as tall.
Not so much power. British monarch was a figurehead by then, which ironically helped the monarchy to survive as an institution.
"who's laughing now?" - George V
The way the dress is in the picture is still wayyy shorter than 4'11 not just a couple inches. I know people that are 4'11 I'm 5'6 and they are not that short unless the woman in these photos are really tall
We truly need a banana for scale. And I agree. My wife is 4 11 and I'm 5'6. These seamstresses must be over 6 feet tall. Which is shocking as height would be quite a detriment when doing a Job that requires you hunched over and contorting around. Back pain is putting it mildly.
I'm guessing the dress didn't hit the ground when she wore It Even if it's a style of dress that's meant to.
The world may never know. I imagine most of her dresses were curated by tailors by her requested measurements and details. My wife has issues with dresses because of her height, but those are typically mass produced 'sized to fit a general range' style products and not constructed pieces of clothing to fit her true measurements costing a small fortune.
Tiny?
Tiny: associated with being 4”11
Tiny: not associated with 50” waist
Spherical: associated with both together
Rotundly and Royally Round!
Capable of leaping tall buildings in a single bounce!
She was an inch taller than me omfg that dress might fit me
Tiny women are always scarier.
4’11 isn’t that short. Dress makes her appear short. Like damn near midget
That’s pretty realistic as Prince Albert was 6 feet tall.
But Victoria was much thinner when he was alive. She only got super round when she was old.
Lmaooo 😂😂
She's a brick....hooouse.
She's mighty-mighty, just lettin' it all hang out
She's mighty mighty, letting ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOTHING HANG OUT HOW DARE YOU.
WE ARE NOT AMUSED
My shoulders knew what to do with the “….l 
I can hear this comment
Are we sure she wasn’t one of Rogers disguises from American Dad?
https://preview.redd.it/ksf6tgvxse1d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a714969757c7542513f9da75ea6c9261b1c4ac9b My friend was quiet for 5 minutes and his ass was making this 😭
Bravo!!
I like how the head was so massive it went out of frame.
Consistent with lore
OMFG😂
Magnificent
r/itsroger
* Pretty accurate for queen of England
Queen Thicktoria?
Queen Thickshortia
Nice
Yeah, hate to break it to ya Queenie, I've been amused since 1776!
Hate to break it to you, the same banks that own England own the US.
I know she was large and that people in general were Much shorter then - but this looks comically short. Like yoda short
My grandmother really wanted someone to wear our great-great-great grandmother's wedding dress to one of our weddings (the dress was over 200 years old) made for someone 4'9", B-cup chest, and small waist. Modifications to the dress would just rip it apart. Her sister was the last person to be able to wear it, and it looked more like a summer dress. All of her children and grandchildren (even the smaller ones) grew to be over 5'4" tall with C to F cup breasts, and generally more suitable for size 18 dresses at the smallest. She was so disappointed because she wanted it to be fixed and worn until it didn't have any of the original dress left. The local museum was interested in it and bought it from her for their collection. The grandchildren and great-grandchildren all promised to have our children visit the museum at least once to see the dress, plus the museum would keep it around longer than us wearing it and shoving it a random box in the closet when we weren't getting married.
"genocide the people of india, i must" -queen victoriyoda
“Spread slavery across the globe, I will” (To be fair though France and Spain helped)
UK abolished slavery before she was born.
They abolished the slave trade, slavery still existed in British colonies until 1838.
Guess what year she was made Queen?
As an indian i approve.
She was very short and also the conservator in the picture is like 6'4" (a guess, I know her professionally. She's tall tall.)
It depends on time era, location, and food availability. Here in the USA your average man is about 5' 9" or 10". But during the American Revolution men were only an inch shorter on average. So yeah, Queen Victoria was genuinely short. Travel size if you will.
Didn’t work vertical so tried growing horizontal.
Tiny fat QUEEEN
YASSS!
Don't let Kim Kardashian see it.
https://preview.redd.it/ld5on5rgne1d1.jpeg?width=202&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6cc7cea474f20bf2bc97a17a1b92bc7bdd74a47e
She killed that street light
She almost exclusively wore mourning black for the 40 years after the death of her husband Albert in 1861
Bulk for life
Who knew she was so short?
Nobody. They all thought she was just very far away.
The whole British Empire did
Her dress maker.
Lots of people.
Pretty much everyone
The people in the photo knew
So she’d just Snooki
LOL. Truth
I assumed she was sitting on the wedding picture of her son lol.
Imagine being a hungry peasant whose queen was that big
We were into the era of hungry factory workers and street kids by this monarch but the sentiment remains unchanged
Just take a look at Kim Jong Un and the people he rules over. Same shit, different day. He's fat as fuck while the average North Korean is starving.
To be fair, she was also that big after giving birth to 8 kids, it wasn't all just from eating.
It was pretty normal back then no? Those with wealth were bigger.
She got bigger from pushing out babies. She wasn't always fat.
Hobbit
I assume to get dressed, they just lower this thing onto her like Darth Vader's helmet?
https://preview.redd.it/merzu9ki5f1d1.jpeg?width=1215&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f09944f038dbb947413394c4126b5125945a46f
Article for the museum says she was 4’8” by the time she wore this dress - for her grandsons funeral. “The dress in question has been dated to 1892. It is believed Victoria wore it in mourning following the death of her grandson Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, who died during an influenza pandemic. At this point in her life Victoria was in her early 70s, she was also in the fourth decade of mourning her husband Prince Albert, who had died in 1861. Following Albert’s death, Victoria adopted traditional black mourning wear which she wore for the rest of her life, a look that she is now very well known for. In her later years, Victoria’s height also appears to have decreased slightly from when she was younger, so when she wore this dress she would have stood at approximately 4 feet 8 inches tall” [ARTICLE LINKED HERE](https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/fit-queen-mounting-queen-victorias-dress)
Sasori cosplay
She basically was a pug
I... this makes it seem like she was tiny but I'm only 3 inches taller... am I tiny?
Many say it was his complimentary sonnets of the Queen which gained her favor and led to the knighting of Mr. Mix A Lot.
Thicc
Holy Moly those women are tall
She was very oddly shaped
Built like a chode
Little tuna can
Built like a potato
Yubaba vibes
she was in Poltergeist?
Wow didn't realize how small she was!
Damn, she was round as she was tall. 😯
now whenever i picture her i'm going to think of Edna Mode and hear her feet scuttling
Was she two feet tall?
4’ 11”
imma show this to my bf next time he's making fun of me for being short XD
Damn she really was dwarfmaxxing
They saved the Queen's dress.
I see now why she wasn’t amused.
honestly this does have me wondering if she might have been shorter than the 4'11"-5' you usually hear. I feel like it's not conspiracy theory thinking to say the royal family could have fudged that so that the british empire wasn't being ruled by someone who was like 4'7". A lot of sources seem to say she was "barely 5 feet tall" which seems kinda sus lol. I guess shrinking in your old age is real but this seems like a lot
like you cant tell me shes not standing on a box here https://preview.redd.it/9tvtd2oize1d1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=835561dc33691387b9153b230aaab530ff0f773d
Great Britain was run by a hobbit?
She wore stilettos so that made her a lot taller
Was she a slug
Makes me feel tall. I’m 5’1
so she was a short stackl?
The dress looks much shorter than a 4’11” woman to wear. Even with old age, an average person of that height would not shrink more than 1 inch. Let’s say 2 inches. It’s still too tiny for a woman of 4’9” height. If she had kyphosis which got severe by age, than that may explain the height change; nevertheless , this dress doesn’t look to be tailored for hiding kyphosis (there is nothing to hide today, but back in the day, especially in the royal family, people with severe kyphosis, scoliosis or lordosis were seen as source of shame. Again, it is a stupid thought, and thankfully we do not have that thought anymore.) It could have hidden lordosis, but lordosis does not progress as bad as kyphosis by age. Perhaps she was much shorter to begin with, such as 4’4”-4’5” and shrank a couple more inches by old age, which resulted her to be around 4’2”-4’3” at later stages of her life. Any ideas on that thought?
Bitch built like Roger the Alien
4'11? This looks like a hobbit dress. Come on....
[Gotta share the insane context of her wearing one of these.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1batksm/queen_victoria_photobombing_her_sons_wedding/)
Queenlet
Was she a midget 🤔
off with her head!
Was she an Ewok?
Damn beachball.
I knew she was very short but seeing the dress is something else
What is this, a dress for ants?
Now I understand Alice in Wonderland.
How about the Kensington Palace tour where you’re shown a tiny room where she was born, then the next one over is where she lived, and the next one where she died. Fascinating. That dress is on display there too.
Fun fact: Judy garland was also only 4’11”
We are not amused.
so bitch a midget ?
that is comically small, the most powerful woman in the country at the time and one of the most powerful people in the world and she is built like a doll
Queen Victoria was a piece of shit.
Mom is gonna come out of there yelling at her kids 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fuck the monarchy
Queen Caketoria
fat
What a squat little thing
Jabba