It's the heart of many a fairy tale — a young woman rising from humble beginnings to a life of luxury in a grand palace. But ...

They idolized one another and wrote about their love in numerous letters and diary entries. But how was the life and marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert? Queen Victoria, or Alexandrina ...

With body and soul I remain for ever your slave Your devoted Albert on 15 Oct. 1839 Dearest Victoria. I will come to you at precisely 12 o’clock. As far as Ernst is concerned, he does not wish to be ...

She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years. Queen Victoria married Prince Albert from Germany. The queen's reign is known as the Victorian age. Nearly 200 years ...

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were particularly avid collectors of art by women, buying and commissioning works from contemporary artists of the period. 'Their patronage demonstrates that many ...

In part, the aim was indeed moral, and Prince Albert's first speech in English ... chief to a new governor in his area, "How am Queen Victoria? How am 'postle Paul?" When it came to religious ...

For Victoria ... Albert Hall for a formal celebration of the occasion, with an ode for the occasion by Lord Tennyson set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. "An Address to the Queen" was read by the ...

Alexandrina Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (a son of George III ... Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838, aged ...