Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy ... Crosses personally to 62 men at a ceremony at Hyde Park in 1857. It was the first time officers and men had been decorated together.

All the belated news from India seemed bad, and Victoria vented her fury on the prime minister. "The Queen must say," she wrote to Palmerston on August 25, 1857, "that the Government incur[s] a ...

Then, in 1857, came the Matrimonial Causes Act ... Caroline herself wasn’t even a feminist: she said as much in her letter to Queen Victoria asking for more parental rights.

Following the Revolt of 1857 (Sepoy Mutiny), the British Crown assumed direct control of India from East India Company. Queen Victoria appointed James Wilson to help stabilize the country's finances.

Watch Wes Cowan appraise an 1857 Queen's Cup Ascot race trophy in Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hour 3. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines.