A girl called Àìná was captured by an African king and later taken to England to become Sarah Forbes Bonetta, protege of the imperial monarch ...

Period costumes, aristocratic mansions, London streets and family intrigues... Victorian England has long been a source of inspiration for television series. Here are seven shows that offer a ...

A short film for primary schools about Queen Victoria, explaining the curiosities and inventions that arose during her reign as well as what made her a brilliant monarch.

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 ...

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 ...

Learn all about the rich, storied history behind Victoria and Albert's nine children and their fascinating (and sometimes ...

It is now a common sight for a bride to wear a pure white wedding dress. We rarely even question, "Why white?" If asked, one ...

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 ...

When sisters Charlotte and Katie Manye found out they were going to England in 1891, they were overjoyed — "leaping and whirling ... in a dance of triumph" Katie Manye said of their journey. "To ...

Queen Victoria paved the way for modern weddings. It is no secret that her dress began a longstanding tradition of brides wearing white when walking down the aisle, but not everyone knows that other ...