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Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy tarnished by the extravagance of her royal uncles. She also shaped a new role for the Royal Family, reconnecting it with the public through ...
The steady good sense of Queen Victoria, which latterly rose to sagacity; the unprecedented length of her reign, its marvellous good fortune scarcely broken by the catastrophe in Afghanistan or ...
Of all Queen Victoria's children, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, lived perhaps the most unexpected life. The sixth child and fourth daughter of Victoria and Albert, she was a strong supporter of ...
This week marks the anniversary of the birth of Princess Victoria of Hesse, who was born on 5 April in 1863. Highly intellectual, she was said to be a keen reader and a ‘walking encyclopaedia’. She ...
Oakley met Queen Victoria, who called her a "very clever little girl." She wowed the British papers. Despite her success, a rivalry with a fellow sharpshooter,Lillian Smith, had grown so tense ...
The film biography of Queen Victoria focussing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.
A golden carriage gifted by Queen Victoria to Sultan Hassan I in the 1870s became a key symbol of royal power in Morocco.
Victoria Siegel was one of the children of The Queen of Versailles stars Jackie and David, who passed away a decade ago.
She has written for publications in the US and Australia. Julia is currently writing a biography of Queen Victoria for Random House, New York and is also a columnist for The New York Times.
She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years. Queen Victoria married Prince Albert from Germany. The queen's reign is known as the Victorian age. Nearly 200 years ...
Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838, aged 19. The ceremony took five hours and suffered from a lack of rehearsal. No one except the Queen ...