"I see, Arthur. I'm in favor of you getting out, but not now. Queen Victoria was silent for a long time, then nodded with difficulty and said.

"Thank you, grandmother." Arthur finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and looked at Queen Victoria gratefully.

"When the matter of this period of time is settled, I will accompany you to Australia to have a look!" Queen Victoria spoke suddenly, but in a surprising manner.

"You're going to Australia?" Arthur was stunned for a moment, and then thought of Queen Victoria's departure to the small island of Wight Island in the north of New Zealand in the late 1900s, just to remember the good time spent with Prince Albert and his children at the last moment of his life.

"Yes." Queen Victoria seemed to be caught in a good memory, and it took a long time to come back to her senses, look at Arthur and smile and say, "At that time, grandmother can be with Arthur for a while, and she may never see him again." ”

Hearing Queen Victoria say this, the tip of Arthur's nose suddenly sore, and there seemed to be tears welling up in his eyes, but Arthur held back.

"No, grandmother. You can stay with Arthur for a long time, and your grandmother will live at least a hundred years. Arthur said hurriedly.

In fact, when Queen Victoria went to the Isle of Wight, she was clearly aware of her physical condition, but she still chose to work hard to miss her husband and children.

Now that Queen Victoria has once again experienced the pain of losing her child, she may have felt that her body is not as good as before, and she plans to go to the Isle of Wight to draw a happy end to her life.

"Haha, okay, grandmother is going to live a long life." Queen Victoria smiled and nodded, not refuting Arthur's words, but her slightly sad eyes and slightly trembling hands proved that she did not believe it.

"Arthur, are you really going to Australia?" After coming to her senses, Queen Victoria looked at Arthur with a little solemnity and asked.

"You have to be clear that Australia is no better than the United Kingdom, which was our penal colony before, and although it is no longer so, there are still a large number of Australians who are not subject to indoctrination." Queen Victoria explained: "If you're going to Australia, you have to be prepared at all times, because people are not obedient people, and you have to hold on to your guns and your wealth to make sure you and your most important people don't get hurt." ”

"Yes, I'm ready, grandmother." Arthur nodded, and said equally solemnly.

"That'll do, Arthur." Queen Victoria patted Arthur's head and said, "I will tell the government that all the territories you inherit now will be exchanged with Australia, and the title will become the Duke of Australia." Of course, if you can't stand life in Australia, your grandmother is always ready to welcome you back. ”

"Thank you, grandmother." Arthur nodded gratefully.

After all, Queen Victoria is still good to her family, especially to Duke Arthur and Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria is the dearest mother.

Of course, now Queen Victoria's love for Arthur can also be felt, especially after the unexpected death of Duke Arthur, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Queen Victoria cares more for Arthur.

Queen Victoria's actions were swift, and only the next day, the British government issued a proclamation that several colonies in Australia had merged into the Duchy of Australia, ruled by Arthur.

And the titles that Arthur inherited from his father were also returned to the British Empire.

This territory swap is a huge loss for Arthur on the surface, after all, although the territory of his two dukes is not large, it is a real core area of the British Empire.

In exchange, Australia, which was a penal colony of the British Empire a few decades ago, is now only a colony with a vast land area, a sparse population, and a backward economy and industry.

Even if it were consolidated and become a complete territory, it would lack the infrastructure to match Arthur's original two dukedoms for at least a few decades.

Although everyone from the British government to the British civilians were surprised by this territorial exchange, they understood something when they thought of the assassination of Duke Arthur not long ago.

January 31, 1900.

At this time, 20 days had passed since Arthur's territory was swapped, and everyone had accepted it, including Queen Victoria and Arthur.

During this time, in addition to Queen Victoria's occasional care of Princesses Arthur and Louis, Margaery and Patricia, Princess Beatrice and Crown Prince Edward also visited.

Perhaps knowing that Arthur would have no trouble inheriting the throne after swapping territories, Prince Edward was also very kind to Arthur, and even promised to sponsor Arthur with a sum of money when Arthur went to the territory.

Because of Queen Victoria's deliberate concealment, Arthur did not know that his father's killer was his own uncle, Crown Prince Edward, for the time being.

But in any case, in the face of Crown Prince Edward's gift, Arthur will not refuse.

After all, it will take time for Australia to develop in the future, and it will also need a lot of money to support it.

While Arthur has a way of securing a lot of money, it may even be able to sustain Australia's growth for years to come.

But this money is not easy to obtain in a short period of time, at least until Arthur has fully mastered Australia, Arthur will not touch the idea of this unexpected wealth.

After 20 days of preparation, Queen Victoria also announced to all her children and the government that she had chosen to drag her tired body to the Isle of Wight in New Zealand to recuperate.

The Queen's decision caused turmoil in British politics, after all, Queen Victoria had lived in seclusion for more than a decade when Prince Albert died in 1861.

Although Queen Victoria has since been re-energized, and has been welcomed by a large number of British civilians at the grand celebrations celebrating the 50th and 60th years of the Queen's accession to the throne.

But this does not mean that Queen Victoria's seclusion has little impact on British politics.

On the contrary, the current Queen Victoria plays an irreplaceable stabilizing role for both British politics and the British Empire as a whole.

Queen Victoria is a great and irreplaceable monarch in British politics and even in the hearts of all British civilians.

This phenomenon also appeared in the later Queen Elizabeth II, the long reign of the queen and the royal family in the civil prestige greatly increased, coupled with the great rise of the British Empire in the Victorian era, made Queen Victoria even more important to the United Kingdom.