But Queen Victoria, who adored Louise, was less upset - even if she had endeavoured to marry off her nine offspring to the royal families of Europe. Now, an engraved granite brooch that the ...
In a 60-year family saga this new three-part series explores the reign of Victoria through her personal relationships with her husband and her nine children.
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 ...
Queen Victoria’s mother was originally from Germany, so Victoria spoke only German for the first three years of her life. Furthermore, she was raised by the German baroness Louise Lehzen and also ...
She celebrated her Golden Jubilee in the Abbey in 1887 during which she sat in the Coronation Chair. Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838, ...
A rarely-seen workbook showing how Queen Victoria learned to write Urdu from a cherished Indian servant has gone on public display. The monarch began to take writing lessons from Abdul Karim in 1887.
Queen Victoria was the first monarch to take up residence in July 1837, just three weeks after her accession, and in June 1838, she was the first British sovereign to leave from Buckingham Palace ...
Devon Dams-O'Connor Laced with lush gardens and winding paths, Queen Victoria Park is the front ... rock gardens, beautiful bedding displays and hanging baskets throughout the park, or pack ...
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In 1850, a naval captain named Frederick E. Forbes landed on the shores of England with a present for Queen Victoria: a 7-year-old girl from Africa. The girl had been a gift from King Ghezo ...
Christian Tripodi - author of Edge of Empire ‘Framed by the empire-defining conflicts of the 1857 Indian rebellion and the South African War, Queen Victoria's Wars demonstrates how so-called ‘small ...
Queen Victoria enjoyed a $40 million refurbishment in 2017, which involved slicing off the back of the ship to add 43 new cabins, and, in the process, increasing the size of the aft pool deck.