The Rise of Australia

January 9, 1900, the third day after Duke Arthur was buried.

This was the third day after Queen Victoria issued an order to the government, and five days had passed since Duke Arthur was assassinated.

Buckingham Palace, Queen Victoria's office.

Early in the morning, Queen Victoria sat on her desk with a livid face and red eyes.

The documents piled up on her desk had all been thrown aside by Queen Victoria in anger.

The reason why she was so angry at the age of 81 was naturally because of the assassination of her favorite son Duke Arthur not long ago.

Thanks to the world-leading intelligence agency in the UK, in just a few days, a list of all the people involved in the assassination and detailed information were sent to Queen Victoria's desk.

Because it involved royal secrets, no one else knew this list of information.

"Arthur! My poor Arthur, I'm sorry for you." Queen Victoria looked at the list with red eyes. The list clearly stated that Duke Arthur died from the assassination of a loyal gunman under the power of Prince Edward.

"Albert, I killed our child. Arthur never wanted to compete with Edward, but he died in the struggle for the throne." Queen Victoria said with tears in her eyes and regret.

Prince Albert was Queen Victoria's beloved partner throughout her life. Even though Prince Albert had been dead for nearly 40 years, Queen Victoria still often missed Prince Albert.

And Duke Arthur was Queen Victoria's favorite son.

Because Prince Albert died on the way to visit Prince Edward, Queen Victoria, who loved Prince Albert, was unhappy and had never allowed Prince Edward to participate in government affairs.

It was not until Queen Victoria's physical condition deteriorated in recent years that Prince Edward had the opportunity to gradually get involved in various government affairs.

But at the same time, Duke Arthur, as the only prince who was conferred in the UK, not only held a high position in the army, but was also loved by Queen Victoria.

Such a clear gap is also the reason why British politics and the public have repeatedly reported that Queen Victoria wants to establish another crown prince.

Perhaps Prince Edward was dissatisfied with Queen Victoria's partiality to Duke Arthur and wanted to get rid of the biggest threat to his succession to the throne; or perhaps people loyal to Prince Edward wanted to pave the way for their master. In short, Duke Arthur did die at the hands of the Prince's forces.

Although the entire assassination case was well hidden, and even the entire assassination was divided into several links, which largely cleared the suspicion of Prince Edward and the Prince's forces, the intelligence agencies still found clues.

"Edward..." Queen Victoria looked at the two words "Prince" that hurt her eyes on the information, and her emotions surged, but she couldn't say a word.

After a long time, Queen Victoria recovered from her extreme grief and said to the outside of the door: "Beatrice, go and call little Arthur."

Princess Beatrice is Queen Victoria's youngest child and Queen Victoria's biggest reliance and support in the 40 years since she lost her husband.

Now Princess Beatrice, who has also lost her husband, has been with Queen Victoria all the time. She is Queen Victoria's unofficial secretary and closest person.

"Okay, mother." Princess Beatrice left quickly.

Not long after, little Arthur was brought to Queen Victoria's office by Princess Beatrice, and old housekeeper Hunter escorted him to the door of the office, and then waited outside the door with peace of mind.

Looking at the young man walking towards her step by step outside the door, Queen Victoria finally showed a smile that she had not seen for a long time, and whispered to little Arthur: "Arthur, come to grandma."

Arthur immediately quickened his pace upon hearing this, walked forward, and helped Queen Victoria back to her seat, and then said: "Grandma, Arthur is here."

"Arthur, how did you sleep these two days?" Queen Victoria tried her best to maintain her normal side, but her slightly trembling voice revealed her emotions.

"It's fine, grandma. But you, don't be too sad. Although my father is gone, the country still needs you, grandma, and I and all the royal family members also need you, grandma." Arthur looked at Queen Victoria's appearance and naturally understood how cruel it was for this elderly queen to lose her beloved son in old age.

"Good boy, don't worry about grandma. Grandma is fine. After a while, we will hold a formal ceremony for you to inherit the title. If you need anything, tell grandma." Queen Victoria heard this, smiled and touched Arthur's head, and said.

"Grandma..." Hearing Queen Victoria say this, Arthur wanted to speak, but he didn't know where to start. Perhaps his request was another blow to the elderly Queen Victoria. Seeing Queen Victoria's caring look, Arthur couldn't say it.

"What's wrong, child? Don't worry, grandma is here." Queen Victoria seemed to see Arthur's hesitation, and smiled as if relieved, and comforted him.

"Grandma, I don't want to stay here, I want to go out and relax." Arthur gritted his teeth and still said his request.

Queen Victoria was not as excited as expected, but was very silent.

After a long time, Queen Victoria asked in a hoarse voice: "Where do you want to go? Arthur."

"I don't know, maybe Australia or New Zealand. I heard that the sea view there is good, and it may be more suitable for relaxing." Arthur said.

Such a loophole will obviously not fool Queen Victoria. If we just talk about the sea view, the sea view in the UK is very good. There is no need to go to Australia, thousands of miles away.

But when she thought of Arthur's reason for wanting to go out and relax, Queen Victoria didn't know how to speak.

"So, Arthur, will you come back?" Queen Victoria asked.

Will you come back? Arthur asked himself, if it wasn't something particularly important, probably not.

Although under the control of Queen Victoria, young Arthur can roam anywhere in the British Empire.

But how long can Queen Victoria hold on? In the original history, Queen Victoria died just one year later, in January 1901.

Now, Queen Victoria has experienced the pain of losing her son again, and it is unclear whether she can survive until January next year.