Queen Victoria may or may not have been amused, her sense of humour was undoubtedly limited, but she possessed an inadvertent talent to amuse unsurpassed by any other of Britain’s monarchs.

From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social ...

Victoria found this very chafing and relished her new-found freedom from such restrictions when she ascended the throne, aged just 18 years and 3 weeks old. The idea of Queen Victoria keeping a ...

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 ...

This was especially true when it came to Victoria, Ella, Irene and Alix, daughters of the Queen’s third child, Alice, and her husband Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. The Queen kept a beady eye on ...

Queen Victoria’s mother was originally from Germany, so Victoria spoke only German for the first three years of her life. Furthermore, she was raised by the German baroness Louise Lehzen and also ...