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An idiom popularized during Queen Victoria’s 63-year reign in England, The Queen’s Weather means pleasant weather, especially on a day when a special outdoor event is scheduled to take place. It derives from Queen Victoria’s reputation for having pleasant weather when she made public appearances.
The first person to use the expression in print was none other than Charles Dickens, who wrote, in an account of the opening of Parliament in February 1851, “The sky was cloudless; a brilliant sun gave to it that cheering character which – from the good fortune Her Majesty experiences whenever she travels, or appears publicly – has passed into a proverb, as ‘The Queen’s Weather.’”