Episode Guide: 1: Oh! The Jubilee The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria was the high noon of the British Empire. On 22 June 1897, the elderly Queen gave thanks to God for her reign of 60 years. The British Empire in Jubilee Year was the largest Empire the world had known. It was 91 times the area of the mother country, a quarter of the earth's surface. Watching the great milita...