Possible Clues:

• Entertained, as I have employment
• You'd laugh to know how I'm employed
• Funny the sort of employment I've got
• I'm accustomed to find that funny
• Calliope, perhaps, seen by a daughter, was entertaining
• Queen Victoria wasn't!
• An inspiration in modern times, unlike Victoria
• Good for a laugh?
• Victoria was not Posh Spice initially (synthetically made exterior)
• Diverted scholar getting over being exploited