he appealed to the Queen, who told him "it would never do." Still, he went personally to the War Office, and received a staff assignment. Victoria warned him of the unhealthy climate of equatorial ...

Alexandra was given a Kodak No. 1 in 1889, which the Royal Collection Trust described as "the first simple handheld camera ...

The Victoria Cross was introduced by Queen Victoria to honour acts of great bravery during the Crimean War. It was awarded on merit instead of rank. The Crimean War was fought by an alliance of ...

Queen Victoria pinned it to her trend-setting white ... the remains of a church destroyed when the Allied Powers bombed Hamburg in World War II. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the raids ...

Victoria was unimpressed. As queen, however, she interviewed German ... In the middle 1850s, the Crimean War, pitting autocratic Russia, ambitious to help itself to Turkish territory in the ...

But Marie Downing was Cinderella in reverse — leaving the opulence of Queen Victoria’s court in 1887 to become a modest farmer’s wife in rural America. It was a colossal culture shock from ...

Of all Queen Victoria's children, Princess Louise ... particularly as part of the war effort. Upon the death of Prince Albert in 1861, the devastated Queen ordered the whole household to move from ...

Who Queen Victoria was How Queen Victoria changed Scotland's castles Facts about Balmoral Castle Types of activities Queen Victoria enjoyed at Balmoral Castle This resource is suitable for Castles ...

Queen Victoria wore mourning clothes from the time of her husband, Prince Albert's, death in 1861 until her own Queen Alexandra, who wore this dress, was a Danish princess who married Edward VII ...

Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838, aged 19. The ceremony took five hours and suffered from a lack of rehearsal. No one except the Queen ...