The expert continued by stating that the bow brooches are "poignant heirlooms of the Crown, passed from queen to queen since ...

From weddings to christenings and official events, it’s clear that the British Royal Family have perfected the art of the public appearance. But what are they like when they are off duty and relaxing ...

There are several factors behind the decline of the traditional wedding dress, including financial pressures and growth in ...

When her husband died in 1861 she was so stricken with grief that she wore mourning for the rest of her life and ... Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on ...

If anyone has a sense of when to bend the rules, it would be them, so Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s wife Victoria was in good company ... This is an element borrowed from royal mourning attire. When ...

Does Diana, Princess of Wales, still matter? So much else has happened since her shocking car-crash death in Paris in 1997 – 9/11, the Iraq War, Barack Obama, Brexit, the first Trump presidency, the ...

Q ueen Victoria, the longest-reigning British monarch until Queen Elizabeth II surpassed her in 2015, wasn't just an empire ...

His death completely devastated Queen Victoria who entered a state of mourning and wore black for the rest of her life. She avoided public appearances and was rarely seen by her people: she was widely ...

Some historians believe that Brown’s company at Osborne, beginning ten years after the death of Prince Albert, kept the depressed Queen sane. The still mourning Victoria found laughter and fun in her ...

As queen, Victoria was the one who had to propose to her desired suitor ... Victoria went into a “perpetual state of mourning.” Following Albert’s passing at age 42, she stepped out of the public eye ...

The two attempts on her life, carried out by 19-year-old John Francis, happened within a span of 24 hours, historical records show.