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World Service,8 mins
The Economic Impact of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II
World Business ReportAvailable for over a year
Was economic progress more dramatic in the Victorian or the Elizabethan eras? World Business Report Editor Martin Webber assesses the question, which we explore further with Anna Whitelock, a reader in history at Royal Holloway in London. (Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Victoria, Credit: Getty Images.)
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