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 ...

The glittering pin has a romantic history, and was first worn by Queen Victoria on her wedding day ... understanding and today's firm German-British friendship," Buckingham Palace said.

Victoria was unimpressed. As queen, however, she interviewed German, Dutch and even Russian princes, and found them all unsatisfactory. In truth she was not interested in marrying, as she was ...