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The
Albert Memorial was commissioned by Queen Victoria to commemorate
her late consort. Queen Victoria married Albert, Prince of Saxe Coburg,
in 1840; 22 years later, Albert died of typhoid, leaving the Queen an "utterly
broken-hearted and crushed widow of 42." The memorial, in Hyde Park,
London, England, consists of a large statue of Albert seated in a vast Gothic
shrine, and includes a frieze with 169 carved figures. |