Once a favored holiday destination for Queen Victoria, and reputedly described in one of the greatest works of Italian literature, the Villa Palmieri is steeped in history and could now be yours ...

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. They have now inspired two books, completely different in ...

The Queen unveils the complete collection of Queen Victoria's private diaries which are being made available to the public online for the first time. BBC Homepage. Skip to content; ...

Queen Victoria, born on May 24 1819, was previously the longest-reigning monarch in British history before she was overtaken by Queen Elizabeth II – her great-great-granddaughter – in 2015.

Queen Victoria died on January 22, 1901, aged 81 following a stroke, and after being the only monarch many of her subjects knew. She passed away surrounded by her family at Osbourne House on the ...

Queen Victoria’s wedding cake set trends, but it also stuck to tradition. Rather than a delicate sponge cake, it was a fruitcake, loaded with sugar, spirits, and dried fruit.

In season three of Victoria, sketches of Queen Victoria in domestic scenes are made public. See the real drawings here and how what happened was played out differently in the show.

Photos found on the Isle of Wight show how Islanders marked the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. Thousands of people can be seen lining the streets as the Queen's coffin was taken from Osborne ...

Queen Victoria may not have been much of a Victorian after all. Certainly not as she is played by Jenna Coleman in the sumptuous series “Victoria,” beginning on “Masterpiece” on Sunday.

She is portrayed as a repressed and melancholy widow who spent much of her life clad in black. But a new art exhibition will challenge this traditional view of Queen Victoria by revealing her as a ...