and in 1866, party disunity brought down his government. Following his final resignation, John Russell never held any office again. On his death in 1878, Queen Victoria recorded in her journal tha ...

Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy tarnished by the extravagance of her royal uncles. She also shaped a new role for the Royal Family, reconnecting it with the public through ...

"How am Queen Victoria? How am 'postle Paul?" When it came to religious faith, Victoria was always a believer in a Higher Power in the heavens, and in some form of posthumous spiritual existence ...

California’s 1849 Gold Rush and the 1866 discovery of South African diamond mines made these precious materials more accessible. And when Prince Albert proposed to Queen Victoria with a gold ...

She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years. Queen Victoria married Prince Albert from Germany. The queen's reign is known as the Victorian age. Nearly 200 years ...