A ranar 23 ga Satumba, 1896, Victoria ta wuce kakanta George III a matsayin sarki mafi tsawo a tarihin Birtaniya. Sarauniyar ta bukaci a jinkirta duk wani biki na musamman har zuwa 1897, don daidaitawa tare da bikin Diamond Jubilee, wanda aka yi bikin bikin Birtaniya a kan shawarar Sakataren Colonial, Joseph Chamberlain. An gayyaci firaministocin dukkan gwamnatoci masu zaman kansu zuwa London don bukukuwan. Daya daga cikin dalilan da suka hada da firaministocin gwamnatoci da kuma ba da shugabannin kasashen waje ba shi ne don kauce wa gayyatar jikan Victoria, Wilhelm II na Jamus, wanda, an ji tsoro, zai iya haifar da matsala a taron.
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