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
MS Queen Victoria late 2010. During a call at Sydney, "Queen Victoria" was illuminated in pink in support of Breast Cancer Research. On 9 December 2010 Cunard announced its first female captain, Faroese born Inger Klein Olsen, who would take command of "Queen Victoria" beginning on 15 December. January 2011: Two years after the first Cunard Royal Rendezvous, on the same date, met up with both "Queen Victoria" and for another Royal Rendezvous in New York City on 13 January 2011. Both the "Queen Victoria" and "Queen Elizabeth" made a tandem crossing of the Atlantic for the event. All three ships met in