Queen Victoria has proved to be considerably more durable than the British Empire. The stage has become her throne and she has moved from history into legend. For Helen Hayes, the role was the ...

During her reign, Queen Victoria faced seven threats to her life from men who had decided to kill her. Her personal diaries reveal what toll this took on her emotional state.

A portrait of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) in the 50th year of her reign. In the first episode of the fifth season of Netflix's "The Crown," the possibility of the British public having "Queen ...