Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy tarnished by the extravagance of her royal uncles. She also shaped a new role for the Royal Family, reconnecting it with the public through ...

Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain was British through ... There can be no doubt that, though he was sovereign of Great Britain and a powerful figure in the land, King George VI had no say in ...

the period of Queen Victoria’s reign over Great Britain and Ireland, from 1837 to 1901, also marked by rapid change. Are those claims still valid? Ponder this: “There is confusion about China.

They were the first children to be born to a reigning monarch since Queen Victoria ... During a period of great change in Britain, the Queen successfully carried her political duties as head ...

May Day was celebrated for the first time as a labour holiday. Since then, Labour Day has grown into a global event, with ...

Queen Victoria, who ruled from 1837 to 1901, and her husband ... Edward VII: Edward VII was the son of Queen Victoria, who was the great-granddaughter of King George III. And King George III ...

By any historical standard, as great powers they had very few clashing interests. Though both wanted to expand, they could do so for many thousands of miles across Asia without interfering with each ...

After Princess Victoria became Queen in 1837, the cousins met again in October 1839 and their ... and in 1857 he was officially given the formal title of Prince Consort. Family life was of great ...

A century of painters of the English school : with critical notices of their works, and an account of the progress of art in England / by Richard Redgrave, R.A., (Surveyor of Her Majesty's pictures ...

The Royal Family turned out in force to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day in London today, watching a stunning Royal Air Force flypast as Britain ... dais on the Queen Victoria Memorial outside ...