Section 2z Tbpic deueĮopnlent

Ā Queen Vįctoria: Fifteen facts and one lie!

1 A|l of these facts about Oueen Victoria are true _ except for one. Read the facts and dīscuss
which one is nottrue. Use the phrases in the box to help you.

l'm fairly sure that ... is true. lt must be true. lt can't be true. lt might be true. What about ...?
Why do you think that? lf X is true, Y can't be. I just don't believe it. I'm not sure about ...

b Her husband's
c
father wās her uncle

She loved lreland

and donated f2.000 of
her own rnoney to help in
the potato famine.

-'i .
A young man once
:

tried to shoot her wįth .

a gun loaded with paper

and tobacco.

I She became known

as the 'Famine Oueen' and
was much criticized for
allowing the lrish to
starve.
She wore black
from Albertls'death
in 1861 until she
died in 1901.

P She was the first

known carrier of *when your blood does not thicken as it
haemophilia* in the should, for example, when you cut yourself
royal family.