This is the craziest scene I've ever witnessed in my life.
—— Eld Carter, "Carter's Memoirs: A Politician's Life"
Victoria's coronation not only drew the attention of the British people but also caught the interest of that noisy neighbor across the English Channel. Several mainstream French newspapers sent special correspondents to London to report on this significant event to the people of Paris as soon as possible.
Besides the French, which other country showed great enthusiasm for the coronation of the Queen of England?
Prussia, Austria, or perhaps the Russians?
No, none of them. That country was separated from Britain by the vast distance of the Atlantic Ocean.
In fact, while the English were caught up in "Victoria Fever" due to the Queen's ascension, the Americans also developed a great enthusiasm for the new monarch's ascension. Surprisingly, this enthusiasm from the Americans was not negative or dismissive but genuinely positive.
