Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy tarnished by the extravagance of her royal uncles. She also shaped a new role for the Royal Family, reconnecting it with the public through ...

Queen Victoria was the first monarch to take up ... Prince Albert's greatest achievement, held in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park. The young royal couple, with their many children, embodied ...

Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838, aged 19. The ceremony took five hours and suffered from a lack of rehearsal. No one except the Queen ...

The Queen hosted Beckham and a number of other powerful women at Buckingham Palace on March 11. Queen Camilla hosted a powerful group of women who “refuse to take ‘no’ for an answer” at Buckingham ...

In his quest for notoriety, Oxford bought a pistol and on 10th June 1840 shot at 21 year-old Queen Victoria, pregnant with her first child. After he was caught, Oxford wrote to a friend ...