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Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are considered by many to have had of the most successful of all royal marriages. However, ...
Magician John Henry Anderson died in 1874, the same year Harry Houdini was born - yet despite the two never meeting, Anderson ...
Who were the ten British prime ministers of Queen Victoria’s reign? What were the highlights of their careers, and what did ...
On show are personal items, as well as art and jewellery, belonging to King Edward and Queen Alexandra, many on view for the first time ...
The crown of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor, and two throne chairs are part of the Royal Collection in London. These items were acquired after the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and symbolize ...
Born in 1814 in Kincardine O’Neil, Anderson rose from humble beginnings to become one of the biggest stars of 19th-century ...
In 1860, "Pony Bob" Haslam ... By the early years of Queen Victoria's reign the Mulready envelope had appeared in England, "the first prepaid postal wrapper and the grandfather of the modern ...
A present day local circus impresario wants us to celebrate the birth, in 1825, in Newbury of England’s greatest showman of ...
Artist’s rendering of a revitalized Queen’s Park North, showing potential park programming. Queen’s Park North is a historic and culturally significant public green space in Toronto, located north of ...
Don’t miss Sunday brunch at the onsite Victoria’s restaurant ... that are tastefully furnished with antiques and period reproductions to complement the Queen Anne-style architecture. Only a 10-minute ...