The empress dowager probably directed the photographer, not the other way around. Archivist Hogge says she may have taken the camera-friendly Queen Victoria as her role model. Sean Callahan ...

Tulips and other spring flowers are blooming all around the Empress Hotel, but they’re not the only sign of spring at the Victoria landmark. Roger the yellow-bellied marmot returned from ...

He is likened to Empress Dowager Cixi, who in 1900 effectively declared war on the Western powers in China, a disastrous move that helped accelerate the collapse of imperial China To many Chinese ...

Tulips and other spring flowers are blooming all around the Empress Hotel ... Roger likely hitched a ride aboard a transport truck to Victoria “and made this his forever home,” said McPhail.

Should the Vancouver Island cities of Victoria and Saanich amalgamate? It’s a question that will likely be on the ballot for voters during the 2026 municipal election. That’s after a citizens ...

Victoria Beckham shared some more snaps from her birthday dinner on Friday night as her 51st birthday celebrations continued with her family and friends. The former Spice Girl took to her ...

The Duke of Kent, who was father to Queen Victoria, died in 1820, leaving the matter of the young monarch’s education to her mother and the opportunistic Conroy. While it remains unclear who was ...

Victoria's Toy Station, a longtime Government Street business, is up for sale with a $1.2 million asking price. The deal includes the business and the property at 5466 Government St. Dee Dee ...

The piece is believed to have been a birthday gift to Empress Dowager Cixi, the power behind the throne in the late 19th and early 20th century. Much of the work is laborious and monotonous ...

The Victoria Centre shopping centre in Nottingham had to be evacuated after someone got stuck in a lift. Pictures from the scene showed crowds of people waiting outside the shopping centre at ...

“The Remarried Empress,” one of Naver Webtoon’s most popular series, will be adapted into a series, starring Hallyu sensations Shin Min-ah and Ju Ji-hoon. The story of web novel and webtoon ...

What's more, tea is served in royal china gifted to the Empress in 1939 from Queen Elizabeth II. Although most Victoria visitors pass on high tea at the Empress due to its high price tag (starting ...