For Victoria, who would never venture farther south from England than France and Italy, it was a tactile introduction to the Empire that ... lice in the Queen's blanket." British troubles with ...

Who were the ten British prime ministers of Queen Victoria’s reign? What were the highlights of their careers, and what did ...

1838 was the second year of Queen Victoria’s reign ... During this time Britain lost and gained colonies. During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies in North America were ...

Victoria knew she was rather plain, with her chief and perhaps only asset her position as queen of the mightiest empire on the globe ... 1840 with Albert in a British field marshal's uniform ...

We have this image of Queen Victoria as a highly proper, disciplined monarch. But the Queen was also someone who liked to get high, from opium tinctures to chewing gum laced with cocaine.

Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross ... which included the British Empire and would soon involve the United ...

The footage features Queen Victoria - sometimes known as the ‘Famine Queen’ as she reigned throughout Ireland's Great Hunger- during her ... the complex history of British-Irish relations.

Garments worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, and Queen Victoria are among the exhibits ... advanced to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2006.Credit...Historic Royal Palaces ...

Alexandrina Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward ... earning herself the nickname 'The Widow of Windsor'. During her reign the British Empire reached the height of its prestige and she was ...