Queen Victoria’s marriage to Prince Albert popularized white wedding dresses. Later, her mourning of his passing cemented the ...

The Victorian Era was a time of the Industrial Revolution, with authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, the railway and ...

As Britain's second-longest reigning monarch, Queen Victoria ruled Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901. If her would-be assassins had gotten their way, that reign would have ...

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The original medals were 22ct gold, but the gold content was reduced to 18ct in 1932; the continued economic impact of the ...

Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...

THE INDIAN STREAM commissioners submitted their report to Gov. Isaac Hill during the November 1836 session of the New ...

The state funeral of Queen Victoria of Great Britain was held on 1901. A little over a decade later, the plush Grand Central ...

From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social ...

The fifth season of Miss Scarlet and The Duke has kicked off, and one episode will have you questioning the year in which the ...

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 ...

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 ...