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 ...
They were given to one of Queen Victoria’s maids who passed them onto her family who kept them safe for generations. They were recently discovered hanging in a wardrobe of a house of a family ...
What is the link between Queen Victoria, potatoes and crochet? In early Victorian Britain, crochet was often regarded as a cheap substitute for traditional hand made lace and as such was not ...
Queen Victoria’s reign began in 1837, when she was only 18. Europe was enjoying the relative tranquility of a post-Napoleonic age, but Britain was grappling with the disruptions of 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 ...
The idea first spread to England through Queen Victoria's mother—but it was Victoria's consort Prince Albert who brought them into the mainstream in 1848. Hulton Archive//Getty Images The 1848 ...