The Habsburgs, an influential royal dynasty, are now recognised for the pronounced "Habsburg jaw" – a stark facial deformity ...

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 ...

From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social media. Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) saw an unprecedented ...

Cousin marriage has been found to have a shocking effect on the rate of babies having birth defects FIRST-COUSIN ... cousin Emma Wedgewood in 1839 and Queen Victoria married her first cousin ...

They were given to one of Queen Victoria’s maids who passed them onto her family who kept them safe for generations. They were recently discovered hanging in a wardrobe of a house of a family ...

It had been, after all, a marriage of passion and deep affection. Queen Victoria wrote the experience of loss sent her into “paroxysms of despair,” landing her with a sadness that never truly ...

The NHS has previously stated cousin-marriage cousin accounts for about a third of birth defects in leaflets ... engaged in consanguineous unions. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were first ...

Dr Paul said that there is a need to address the birth defects to lower the child mortality, though the ratio of birth defects’ mortality is less compared to deaths caused by malaria ...

Birth defects affect 3% of pregnancies in the United States. Screening and diagnostic tests during pregnancy can identify many birth defects. Parents can take critical steps to help prevent ...

Victoria was named in honor of her grandmother Queen Victoria, who was present for her birth at Windsor Castle. She married her first cousin on her father’s side, Prince Louis of Battenburg ...