thumb|upright|alt=Disraeli dressed as a fakir offers Victoria an exchange|"New crowns for old ones!" An 1876 [[Punch (magazine)|Punch cartoon of Disraeli, depicted as Abanazer from the pantomime version of Aladdin, offering Victoria the Crown of India in exchange for another.]]
The Royal Titles Act 1876
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."