As the period of mourning continues ... held his nerve to steer the Allied Forces to victory over Nazi Germany. Queen Victoria requested that she should not lie in state. When she died at Osborne ...

But no one had more influence on mourning attire than Queen Victoria. Following her husband Prince Albert’s unexpected death in 1861, the monarch very publicly expressed her sorrow by wearing ...

Victoria’s approach to childbirth gave women new options, but in her own life, loss proved inescapable. When Prince Albert died in 1861, the queen’s mourning set a new standard for grief in ...

In what just might be the most British spot in Canada, Victoria’s castle-like Fairmont Empress Hotel – named, like the city, for Queen Victoria and decorated in places with photos of the Royal ...

From Princess Diana’s daring tuxedo gown to Queen Victoria’s mourning bodice and sweet little Liberty print dresses worn by Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret as children, a new Kensington ...

He is the editor of “The Meaning of Mourning: Perspectives on Death, Loss, and Grief.” Queen Victoria wore black for the remaining four decades of her life after her beloved husband ...