page_title: Royal Titles Act 1876
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Titles Act 1876
caption_attribution_description: English: An 1876 political cartoon, originally published in Punch, of Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) making Queen Victoria Empress of India. It had the caption, "New crowns for old ones!".
context_page_description: The Royal Titles Act 1876 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which officially recognized Queen Victoria as “Empress of India”.
  This title had been assumed by her in 1876, under the encouragement of the Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. The long title of the Act is "An Act to enable Her most Gracious majesty to make an addition to the Royal Style and Titles appertaining to the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies." It was repealed by the Indian Independence Act 1947.
context_section_description: The Royal Titles Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict., c. 10) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which officially recognized Queen Victoria (and subsequent monarchs) as “Empress of India”. 
  This title had been assumed by her in 1876, under the encouragement of the Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.  The long title of the Act is "An Act to enable Her most Gracious majesty to make an addition to the Royal Style and Titles appertaining to the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies." It was repealed by the Indian Independence Act 1947.
caption: "New crowns for old ones!" An 1876 Punch cartoon of Disraeli, depicted as Abanazer from the pantomime version of Aladdin, offering Victoria the Crown of India in exchange for another
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