An 1848 etching featuring Queen Victoria and Prince Albert decorating an evergreen tree influenced how people decorate for ...

They were given to one of Queen Victoria’s maids who passed them onto her family who kept them safe for generations. They were recently discovered hanging in a wardrobe of a house of a family ...

During her reign the British Empire reached the height of its prestige and she was proclaimed ... Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838, ...

The Marchioness, who had been Princess Victoria of Hesse, was Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, spanning two very different worlds. Even more remarkably, a statue of her sister now looks out ...

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 ...

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 ...

Who Queen Victoria was How Queen Victoria changed Scotland's castles Facts about Balmoral Castle Types of activities Queen Victoria enjoyed at Balmoral Castle This resource is suitable for Castles ...

The idea first spread to England through Queen Victoria's mother—but it was Victoria's consort Prince Albert who brought them into the mainstream in 1848. Hulton Archive//Getty Images The 1848 ...

In 1947, at Westminster Abbey, the Marchioness of Milford Haven witnessed her grandson Philip marry Princess Elizabeth, soon to be Queen. The Marchioness, who had been Princess Victoria of Hesse, was ...