Wentworth Woodhouse is the largest private residence in England but it was left to descend into ruin. Now, it's undergoing a ...

Queen Victoria’s marriage to Prince Albert popularized white wedding dresses. Later, her mourning of his passing cemented the ...

From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social media. Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) saw an unprecedented ...

In the next Indian Art Circle lecture, Sue Stronge (Senior Curator, Asian Department, Victoria and Albert Museum) will discuss her exhibition 'The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence' and ...

After Queen Victoria's beloved husband passed away in 1861, the monarch was bereft with grief. The void Prince Albert left was soon filled, however, by an unexpected figure which shocked ...

Queen Victoria - who was dubbed Ireland's 'Famine Queen' by revolutionary Maud Gonne - died on January 22, 1901. The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had a deep ...

Victoria found this very chafing and relished her new-found freedom from such restrictions when she ascended the throne, aged just 18 years and 3 weeks old. The idea of Queen Victoria keeping a ...

Despite monarchy being largely constitutional at the start of Queen Victoria’s ascension, her 63-year reign saw her preside over the abolition of slavery, the expansion of workers’ welfare, the speedy ...

A bust of Queen Victoria has disappeared from a town in North Wales after more than 130 years. The bronze bust has withstood two world wars and a global pandemic, but it has recently disappeared ...

A bust of Queen Victoria has sat on its Llandudno plinth since 1887 A bronze of Queen Victoria which overlooked Llandudno pier for more than a century has vanished from its plinth. Erected in 1887 ...

As well as being Britain’s monarch, Empress of India and the ruler of a vast empire over which ‘the sun never set’, Queen Victoria was also a meddlesome matriarch who spent a great deal of ...