The Queen made some unwise choices early in her reign as she allowed ... with grief and wore mourning for the rest of her life. Victoria withdrew from public life after Albert's death, but kept ...

Alexandrina Victoria ... the Queen. A confused bishop wrongly told her the ceremony was over and she then had to come back to her seat to finish the service. In her Journal Victoria recorded the ...

In addition to its section on Queen Victoria ... from Britannica.com includes information about Victoria's lineage and early life, her accession to the throne, her marriage to Prince Albert ...

The puritan sides of their personalities clashed with Victoria's and ... every action of our lives." The Queen liked pragmatic Scottish religion in her life as much as she enjoyed whiskey in ...

In 1947, at Westminster Abbey, the Marchioness of Milford Haven witnessed her grandson Philip marry Princess Elizabeth, soon to be Queen. The Marchioness, who had been Princess Victoria of Hesse ...

Queen Victoria ... setting the standard for Victorian holiday aesthetics. As the practice spread, it became a hallmark of middle-class households, reflecting the era’s emphasis on family and home life ...

When war began in 1914, no fewer than eight countries were ruled by descendants of Queen ... at Victoria’s relations with her prime ministers in VICTORIA AND HER PRIME MINISTERS: Her Life ...