In fact, as Juliet Rix shows in her new book, the capital now has a remarkable and reassuring array of statues of women. Here ...

King Edward VII, the son of Queen Victoria, ascended the throne upon her death in 1901, but unlike his mother, he ruled for a ...

Sam Kelly explains how Queen Victoria became a huge fan of drugs—and how she brought China to its knees because of it.

When we reflect on the trajectory of history, one undeniable truth surfaces: women have played a pivotal role in shaping our ...

Queen Adelaide was the first member of the Royal Family to have a carriage built for the royal train in 1842. It continued to ...

Britain’s royal train service has been deemed too expensive, so now it’s being ditched in favor of helicopters and scheduled ...

An invitation to a coronation was treasured in 1838 when Queen Victoria was crowned. Now it's a treasured collector's item.

Turnover and pre-tax profits have grown at a family-owned manufacturer and HVAC merchant which can trace its roots back to 1897 in what it described as its "best performance to date".

Having once been less well represented in public spaces than animals, a monumental shift in statuary means famous females are finally being put on plenty of pedestals ...

The Queen, who gave her name to the age of Mill and of Darwin, never got any further than that. From the social movements of her time Victoria was equally remote.

It was 183 years ago today when Queen Victoria survived the first of two consecutive assassination attempts in London. As the queen returned to Buckingham Palace on May 29, 1842, a young man named ...