The idea first spread to England through Queen Charlotte, Queen Victoria's mother—but it was Victoria's consort Prince Albert ...

A race from Germany to England marks a dramatic beginning to Queen Victoria’s life. A race from Germany to England marks a dramatic beginning to Queen Victoria’s life. Her birth at Kensington Palace ...

WHEN the young husband and wife, Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, began to consider the education and upbringing of their family, the memories of their own early years were much in their minds. These ...

After her death in 1901, Karim was expelled from the home Victoria had gifted him, sent back to India, and written out of ...

Queen Victoria had several wards and godchildren from British colonies, including Africa and India. The godchildren were treated like family, but also subject to strict control, according to ...

Dessert: This cake, named after queen Victoria of England, is litteraly at the origin of the british afternoon tea. Moist and ...

In 2018, The Neues Palais—the last palace built by Frederick the Great in Potsdam, Germany—hosted a small exhibition called “Kaiserdämmerung” (“The Twilight of the Emperor”), to mark the centenary of ...

IT was inevitable that Miss Sitwell — though there never were such Georgians as the Sitwells — should eventually find herself on the threshold of the Victorian era. A biography of the Queen falls into ...

It’s the heart of many a fairy tale — a young woman rising from humble beginnings to a life of luxury in a grand palace. But Marie Downing was Cinderella in reverse — leaving the opulence of Queen ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The queen travelled through France incognito, posing as the Countess of ...