Even the memorial to Queen Victoria, undoubtedly the most commemorated woman in British history, is relatively modest in ...

Pepa London was given access to the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection, a treasure trove of some 10,000 items dating from the ...

The international architecture firm Foster + Partners was announced as the winner of a multi-million-dollar competition to ...

Victoria Arch, or Queenswood Monument, a monument dedicated to Queen Victoria hidden in woods close to Leeds Beckett Universisty in Headingley. Photograph by Tony Johnson. 3rd June 2025.

STAMPS - Great Britain collection in 3 albums. Most of the value being in the Queen Victoria and George V period. Starting with mint Penny Black but re-gummed and washed another 4 margin FU copy.

These bouts of illness devastated the queen. “The queen is almost overpowered with some secret terror,” wrote Francis Burney, one of Charlotte’s attendants, in 1788.

The monarchy has been using its own rail travel since Queen Victoria first boarded a specially built carriage from Slough, England, to London Paddington Station in 1842.

Queen Victoria reigned from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901 - the longest reign of any British monarch except for the current Queen Elizabeth II. 24 May 1919 marks the centenary of ...

A veiled history At her wedding in 1840, Queen Victoria swapped her velvet robe of state in favor of a white silk gown — its wide, almost off-the-shoulder neckline trimmed with a curtain of lace.