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After Queen Victoria's death, she commuted many of her incarcerated subjects. I am looking for a reference and/or a date of that.?
6 Answers
- Anonymous6 years ago
After Queen Victoria's death she didn't do anything, on account of being dead. Nor did the new king (Edward VII) release any prisoners. I think you have totally misheard, misread or misremembered something.
- 6 years ago
Back in the Medieval and Renaissance times when a Monarch died, their prisoners were released. This changed after Charles I so nothing was done to prisoners when Victoria died..
- Anonymous6 years ago
The only commuting of sentences (by the UK) in anything approaching modern times was the release of prisoners under the Good Friday Agreement.
- Anonymous6 years ago
How could she do anything if she was dead? and Edward VII who became King on the death of his mother did nothing with regard to prisoners either.
- Anonymous6 years ago
She did nothing of the sort. I think that will be why you are stuggling to find any references.