But Marie Downing was Cinderella in reverse — leaving the opulence of Queen Victoria’s court in 1887 to become a modest ...

So when her father died when she was eight months her prospects of becoming queen were good. The princess, known as Victoria, was raised at Kensington Palace. She was educated by her governess ...

Victoria seemed almost certain to become queen after her elderly and childless uncles George and William had their turns on the throne. By law, she required a Protestant consort. A student at the ...

In his quest for notoriety, Oxford bought a pistol and on 10th June 1840 shot at 21 year-old Queen Victoria, pregnant with her first child. After he was caught, Oxford wrote to a friend ...

But Marie Downing was Cinderella in reverse — leaving the opulence of Queen Victoria's court in 1887 to become a modest farmer's wife in rural America. It was a colossal culture shock from the ...