Her wedding to Prince Albert was political theater to shore up positive sentiment for the monarchy. Under Queen Victoria's rule, the British empire expanded to its largest size in history.

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The British monarchy is entering a new era with the ... which are without parallel in the history of mankind,'" Afua Hirsch writes for T he Guardian, borrowing a parallel from Jewish reparatory ...

Her reign of 61 years is currently the second-longest for a British monarch after Queen Victoria ... and Scottish history. Alfred the Great, King of Wessex from 871 to 899, led the Anglo-Saxon ...

“The crown jewels are a priceless collection that represents the history and continuity of the British monarchy,” says royal historian and author Carolyn Harris, PhD. “They’re significant ...

From the moment King Edward the Confessor decided to build his church at Westminster in the 11th century, the story of the Abbey has been woven into the history of the British monarchy. From ...

The protocols and traditions established then have been followed by every British monarch since. Victoria, with the assistance of Albert, created a newly visible constitutional monarchy to stem a ...

The centuries-old city of St. Augustine is an enduring reminder of Spain’s long history in Florida, going back generations ...

She was the longest-reigning monarch in British history and the second longest-reigning monarch in the history of the world, behind French King Louis XIV. She died at age 96 on September 8 ...

In September 1715, John Erskine, Earl of Mar, raised the standard for a 'Jacobite' rising, intended to restore the exiled Stuart monarchy to ... for financing the British government's debt.