Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queen Victoria had several wards and godchildren from British colonies, including Africa and India. The godchildren were treated ...
Queen Victoria ruled an empire that stretched across the globe — but power on that scale came with constant danger.
Two very different books examine the reigns and legacies of Victoria and Elizabeth II. By Geoffrey Wheatcroft Geoffrey Wheatcroft is the author, most recently, of “Bloody Panico!: Or, Whatever ...
Queen Victoria, the long-reigning British monarch, had a surprising side hustle: she was arguably the biggest drug dealer in history. A new book by Sam Kelly, Human History on Drugs, reveals the young ...
Last night at Windsor Castle, Kate Middleton stepped out in a surprising tiara choice: Queen Victoria’s Oriental Circlet Tiara, also known as the Garrard Oriental Circlet Tiara or the Indian Circlet ...
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125 years ago this month, the queen who had lorded over the British empire for almost 64 years passed away at the age of 81. At her death in 1901, the “Empress of India”— Queen Victoria— had held sway ...