It was common for individuals to leave instructions for their own funeral, and Queen Victoria was no exception. In fact, she left behind a detailed 12-page manual with her final wishes.

Today's funeral marks the last day in the official ... coerced Singh into “gifting” the diamond to Queen Victoria, Dalhousie wrote in a letter in August 1849 to his friend Sir George Couper. “ ...

She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years. Queen Victoria married Prince Albert from Germany. The queen's reign is known as the Victorian age. Nearly 200 years ...

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 ...