When little Victoria played br at the lake in Claremont Gardens br as a child long before she became queen, br did she capture a large swallowtail butterfly br from a reed and then pulled off its golden br and black veined wings br or was she then, innocent of such a thing? br br When little Victoria played br at the lake in Claremont Gardens br as a child long before she became queen, br did she trample the flowers br pulling the white and yellow water lilies br out of the lake br or was she then, innocent of such a thing? br br When little Victoria became a powerful queen br did her government go to war br against the Orange Free State br and Transvaal Republics? br br Did her soldiers force women and children br into concentration camps br where twenty thousand died? br br Did her soldiers kill three thousand br Christian farmers after demolishing their farms? br br And did her government loose br twenty eight thousand soldiers br of its own? br br Or was she then, innocent of such things? br br [Note: My own great grandmother died in a British concentration camp and my great grandfather was sent by the British to St. Helena as a prisoner of war and as a result of this, my grandfather(Gert Strydom) grew up in a orphanage.