Was Queen Victoria the first influencer? How the ‘media monarch’ shaped the modern world
From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social ...
Queen Victoria takes the throne – 1837
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Edward Oxford: The Kennington boy who tried to shoot Queen Victoria
She had recently married her beloved husband Albert and was pregnant with her first child, the future Princess Victoria. Little did the young Queen Victoria know when she woke up on the morning of 9 ...
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One of Britain’s Most Beloved Royal Couples Wed on This Day in 1840
Queen Victoria’s marriage to Prince Albert popularized white wedding dresses. Later, her mourning of his passing cemented the ...
Rare British coin with surprising animal sold for £204,000 - have you got it at home?
Despite its beauty, it's thought that no more than a few hundred 'Una and the Lion' coins were struck at the time. This is ...
Bombshell poll reveals Britain's most popular monarch of all time
Queen Elizabeth II has been crowned the most popular British monarch of all time, according to a new poll. The late monarch ...
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Book Review: ‘Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers,’ by Anne Somerset, and ‘Q: A Voyage Around the Queen,’ by Craig Brown
women who inherited the throne in their own right. Queen Victoria’s reign of more than 63 years was overtaken by Queen Elizabeth II, who had reigned for 70 years when she died in 2022.