Princess Helena as a child, by Winterhalter, c1849. Royal Collection Trust. The gas lamps flickered faintly against the heavy drapery of Buckingham Palace. Whi…

Victoria Princess Royal with the Greyhound Eos, by Sir Edwin Landseer, Royal Collection Trust. From her birth until that of her younger brother's, Albert E…

Prince Albert and Queen Victoria instructing their children in the alphabet. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1843. The Queen's Diary records that…

February 2, 1858, was a cold day and snow fell heavily. At Buckingham Palace, Queen Victoria bid her daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal, and son-in-law, Prin…

January 25, 1858 was a raw and chilly morning, but London was in a festive mood. The eldest daughter of the sovereign, Briton’s beloved Vicky, is set to be mar…

Shortly before the early hours of November 21, 1840, Queen Victoria woke up feeling  in utter discomfort. Heavily pregnant with her first child, she was expect…

Princess Charlene has finally returned to Monaco after spending most of the year in her homeland of South Africa.  The Monaco Tribune reports: This was an eag…

In December 1846, Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert, visited Arundel Castle , where they stayed for a few days. The townsfolk were thrilled with th…

"Family of Queen Victoria" by Franz Xaver Winterhalter   Some time in 1852, Queen Victoria came across a substantial fortune which she inherite…

Balmoral Castle. Image from Wikimedia Commons The Scottish Highlands had enthralled Queen Victoria and Prince Albert that they favoured the isolation of th…

Queen Victoria's emerald tiara. Image from Youtube   Queen Victoria’s tiara is a product of Prince Albert’s interest in designing sparklers. It now belongs…

Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Oriental Circlet Tiara. From Getty Images The Oriental Circlet Tiara is one of the oldest tiaras in the Royal Family'…

While Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Queen Victoria’s consort, deserves the credit for being the royal who popularized the Christmas tree in Great…

Moving on with our Queen Victoria series, today we will discuss about Queen Victoria’s “cold” treatment of one of her ministers, Lord Palmerston. We shall se…

The Great Exhibition of 1851, and the success that followed it afterwards, was primarily the product of Prince Albert’s ingenuity, rather than that of Queen…

Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert produced nine children and a very happy family life. Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their nine children.…