Queen Victoria wasn't the only royal to make train plumbing history. Under the reign of George V, the Royal Train was ...

The Marchioness, who had been Princess Victoria of Hesse, was Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, spanning two very different ...

Privately, Queen Victoria scoffed at women's rights, writes Arianne Chernoff. But feminists, oblivious, considered her a role model, and used her status to push for their own rights.

But it was Queen Victoria who, in 1866, closed the Inner Hall, hoping to build a smaller State Entrance. Ultimately, her intention never came to fruition.

In 1866, Victoria walked Princess Helena down the aisle when she married Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein. In 1871, she escorted Princess Louise down the aisle to marry the Marquess of Lorne.

Queen Victoria wearing her small crown, circa 1885. ... Victoria returned to public life in 1866 to open Parliament, but did so dressed in black-and-white widow’s clothing.

Queen Victoria’s sapphire and diamond coronet, designed by Prince Albert, ... wearing it in place of her heavy crown in 1866, the first time she opened Parliament after his death.