It's the heart of many a fairy tale — a young woman rising from humble beginnings to a life of luxury in a grand palace. But Marie Downing was Cinderella in reverse — leaving the opulence of Queen ...

Prince Albert died at the age of 42. The Queen was inconsolable with grief and wore mourning for the rest of her life. Victoria withdrew from public life after Albert's death, but kept up with her ...

Away from the spotlight, Victoria cherishes her role as a wife and mother. She's hitched to fellow actor Mark Bazeley, whom ...

Queen Victoria married Prince Albert from Germany ... She was so sad she decided to dress in black clothes for the rest of her life. Britain changed a lot during her reign. Steam railways spread ...

For Victoria, who would never venture ... Bored with his life as an elevated gentleman-in-waiting, he appealed to the Queen, who told him "it would never do." Still, he went personally to the ...

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 ...

fell down the steps while making his homage to the Queen. A confused bishop wrongly told her the ceremony was over and she then had to come back to her seat to finish the service. In her Journal ...

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For Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Osborne House was a haven of tranquillity, far from the formality of court life at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. When they bought the building in 1845 ...