The reference to Queen Victoria is explicit in 's where she and the King of Hearts are portrayed without any attempt at fantasy, or disguise as to their true natures or personality.
They are not usually on public display, but were exhibited in 2003.
The Queen's appearance is different in American McGee's Alice from how she is in the book: she appears first as a faceless entity having tentacles for arms, legs, and hair.
The association between the two queens is only superficial.
Some elements of reality in line that would make the Queen of Hearts recognizable as Queen Victoria were the way in which their subjects viewed them as rulers as one Queen was loved while the other was feared.
It was not seen by so many, but those who have seen it, have only had good things to say.