A 5,100-year-old marble pig amulet from Mesopotamia; a Hellenistic golden wreath of olive leaves; a natural pearl brooch once ...
Queen Victoria - who was dubbed Ireland's 'Famine Queen' by revolutionary Maud Gonne - died on January 22, 1901. The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had a deep ...
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 ...
In the next Indian Art Circle lecture, Sue Stronge (Senior Curator, Asian Department, Victoria and Albert Museum) will discuss her exhibition 'The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence' and ...
Despite monarchy being largely constitutional at the start of Queen Victoria’s ascension, her 63-year reign saw her preside over the abolition of slavery, the expansion of workers’ welfare, the speedy ...
Though they have been exes for decades, Queen Camilla and her first husband seem to share a friendly relationship. Andrew was a guest at her May 2023 coronation ... from Queen Victoria to King ...
On this day, 123 years ago, Queen Victoria died in her stately home at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. She was aged 81 at the time of her death, the County Press reporting “a peaceful close of a ...
A bust of Queen Victoria has disappeared from a town in North Wales after more than 130 years. The bronze bust has withstood two world wars and a global pandemic, but it has recently disappeared ...
A bust of Queen Victoria has sat on its Llandudno plinth since 1887 A bronze of Queen Victoria which overlooked Llandudno pier for more than a century has vanished from its plinth. Erected in 1887 ...
As well as being Britain’s monarch, Empress of India and the ruler of a vast empire over which ‘the sun never set’, Queen Victoria was also a meddlesome matriarch who spent a great deal of ...
Coronation Street's Shelley King, famed for her portrayal of Yasmeen Metcalfe, is the latest in a series of stars to part ways with the ITV soap, having announced her decision on Monday (January 13).
A far-right publishing house that publishes the works of historical and contemporary fascists is hosting a “Coronation Ball” at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., to celebrate Donald ...