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
Cultural depictions of Queen Victoria Queen Victoria. Although she did not live to see the Victorian age, Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) wrote a number of poetic tributes to the young princess and queen. These are: On screen, Victoria has been portrayed by: She also makes appearances in "Around the World in 80 Days" (in which a newspaper detailing Phileas Fogg's progress is taken to the Queen, and what is presumably the royal hand is seen eagerly taking it up), and in the 2004 anime movie "Steamboy", inaugurating The Great Exhibition. The 1941 Nazi film "Ohm Krüger" notoriously portrays her as a whisky-soaked drunk.