John Brown (servant) Queen Victoria commissioned a life-sized statue of Brown by Edgar Boehm shortly after his death. The inscription read: "Friend more than Servant. Loyal. Truthful. Brave. Self less than Duty, even to the Grave." When Victoria's son succeeded to the throne he had the statue moved to a less conspicuous site. Design and manufacture of both medals were commissioned by Queen Victoria. The 1997 film "Mrs Brown" is the fictionalised story of John Brown. Billy Connolly stars as Brown and Dame Judi Dench as Victoria. John Brown (servant) John Brown (8 December 1826 – 27 March 1883) was a Scottish personal
The Great McGonagall (film) The Great McGonagall (film) The Great McGonagall is a 1974 British comedy film directed by Joseph McGrath and starring Spike Milligan in the title role, Peter Sellers as Queen Victoria and Julia Foster as Mrs McGonagall. It is a humorous biopic of the Scottish poet William McGonagall that includes several of McGonagall's actual poems, his appearing in the title role of "Macbeth" and his "improvement" of the Bard's plot, his pilgrimage to Balmoral Castle, the attempted assassination of Queen Victoria by Roderick McLean and a tribute to McGonagall from Lt Frederick Rollo of the Royal Scots in Zululand. On the