From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social ...

After Queen Victoria's beloved husband passed away in ... The unexpected friendship began when Victoria and Albert first leased Balmoral in 1848 and John worked as a gillie - an outdoor servant.

She refused and reappointed Lord Melbourne. The Queen’s act was criticised as being unconstitutional. Victoria fell in love with her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha when he ...

They even enjoyed the first chocolate Easter eggs! As Victoria grew older, she visited many towns and cities. People came out in crowds to cheer for her. Victoria was Queen for 63 years!

On the same day in May 1856 that Queen Victoria held a review in Hyde Park at which she distributed the first Victoria Crosses, earned in the Crimea, she learned of the likelihood that many more ...

Queen Victoria - who was dubbed Ireland's 'Famine ... but she gave £2,000. She is the first person named on their records as having given money but because she gave £2,000, it was the Royal ...

Theirs was a love borne of friendship. A quiet love that grew louder based on the foundations of a close companionship. And ...

The very first Christmas card ... While singing carols predated the Victorian era, it was Queen Victoria’s reign that ...

Queen Victoria’s reign of more than 63 years was ... She was smitten with Lord Melbourne, her first prime minister, and was at first deeply dependent on him, although not as dependent as she ...