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Sam Kelly explains how Queen Victoria became a huge fan of drugs—and how she brought China to its knees because of it.
The widowed monarch and mother of nine is to get a new reputation as a woman who made the most of her 'passionate mid-life' ...
Queen Victoria and the 'royal disease': How the monarch was a carrier of haemophilia, which killed nine of her descendants (including her son) and spread into European royalty - prompting rise of ...
Britain’s royal train service has been deemed too expensive, so now it’s being ditched in favor of helicopters and scheduled ...
Despite being born 48 years apart, Queen Victoria and Queen Mary of Teck have far more in common than first meets the eye - apart from both being the matriarchs of the Royal Family.
Queen Victoria’s reign of more than 63 years was overtaken by Queen Elizabeth II, who had reigned for 70 years when she died in 2022. They have now inspired two books, ...
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had nine children. She named her first child Victoria, who was born in November 1840. Her eight other children were: Albert, Edward, Alice, ...
(Queen Victoria Reenactment) At a quarter to two, we went down into the hall to receive my Uncle Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and my cousins, Ernest and Albert, his sons.
This was published 8 years ago. Queen Victoria's wedding night: 'I never, never spent such an evening' The young Queen Victoria was nervous before her 1840 wedding to Albert.