Meaning of "image-searching is strictly for those who want to get sacked"?

Question

I’m reading The Greedy Queen by Annie Gray. In the introduction, she introduces Queen Victoria as:> Myths about Queen Victoria are plentiful, and largely unproven or> taken out of context, from the ‘not amused’ comment, to the> accusations that she slept with or even married John Brown, and> **image-searching Prince Albert at work is strictly for those who want> to get sacked.**I’ve nearly finished reading this book. But I still can’t figure out what the part in bold means. Considering the book is about Victorian Age, “image-searching” seems to be a very modern term and I don’t understand what it means in this sentence. “Image-searching is strictly for those who want to get sacked” seems to be implying something in a very indirect way. In the later chapters, the author mentions that Queen Victoria was so soft-hearted that she would not sack her servants. This doesn't seem to explain the sentence in question. I can’t find any relevant anecdotes on the internet, either. Can anybody help me understand what this sentence is saying?

Answer 1

You are correct; the author is implying something in an indirect way. This sentence is not about Queen Victoria or about Prince Albert. It is a warning to the reader that if he does an image search for "Prince Albert" that the reader may encounter objectionable photos or illustrations. Therefore, it is something best not done at work (or school). This has nothing to do with the actual Prince Albert who was married to Queen Victoria. His name has been used in contemporary times to mean something else.

Answer 2

Ah, this is a bit of a warning from the author to the reader. The warning has nothing to do with history or the content of your book. While Prince Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel was Queen Victoria's husband and someone you may be interested to see a portrait of, the name "Prince Albert" has also been used for a type of body piercing. If you were to do a Google image search for this term, some of the results would be "not safe for work."