At just 4ft 11in tall, Victoria was a towering presence as a symbol of her Empire. She and her husband Albert and their nine children came to symbolise a new, confident age. Alexandrina Victoria ...

Alexandrina Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (a son of George III) and his wife Princess Victoria. She was born at Kensington Palace on 24th May 1819 and succeeded to the ...

But how was the life and marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert? Queen Victoria, or Alexandrina Victoria to give her her full name, was born in London on 24 May 1819. Her later husband, Prince ...