Sam Kelly explains how Queen Victoria became a huge fan of drugs—and how she brought China to its knees because of it.

Despite being born 48 years apart, Queen Victoria and Queen Mary of Teck have far more in common than first meets the eye ... when she was 35 from diphtheria on December 14 1878 ...

They travelled at 35 miles per hour during the day and 25 at night. ... On 1 May 1899, Queen Victoria lamented going north—every year she was growing fonder of Cimiez.

When war began in 1914, no fewer than eight countries were ruled by descendants of Queen Victoria. ... $45), while in Q: A Voyage Around the Queen (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 672 pp., $35), ...

Queen Victoria's Macabre 'Mourning Jewelry' Up for Auction in London. ... Princess Alice, from diphtheria at the age of 35. The most striking, a "hardstone, ...

LONDON -- A new portrait of Queen Victoria’s African goddaughter, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, has been unveiled at the 19th century monarch’s home on the Isle of Wight, as part of the conservation ...

Queen Victoria's Unlikely Bond With Indian Attendant Made Curry Classy : The Salt The new film Victoria & Abdul sheds light on this extraordinary friendship, which had a spicy side effect: Curries ...

In “Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers,” Anne Somerset insightfully describes the arc of Victoria’s reign by tracking what amounted to a shifting variety of governing partnerships.

A set of 19th-century drawings by a teenage Queen Victoria will be put up for auction in London next week. Three of the sketches were made when the British queen, who reigned from 1837 until her ...