Prince Albert is thought to have died of typhoid at the age of 42 (14 December 1861), leaving Victoria distraught. She wore mourning for the rest of her life, for 40 years. Following the death of her ...

There were three distinct mourning periods– deep ... by always wearing a locket with Prince Albert’s hair in it. “There were also Victorian death traditions that we might find odd today ...

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The Queen was inconsolable with grief and wore mourning for the rest of her life. Victoria withdrew from public life after Albert's death, but kept up with her correspondence and continued to give ...

Prince Albert's father, Duke Ernest of Coburg, was a brother of Queen Victoria's mother ... I had been imported from Hanover after the death of Queen Anne.) Although Albert's role at the start ...

Read on to learn more about Victorian fashion rules regarding death and mourning. The Victorian period ... the Queen’s ...

Queen Victoria wore mourning clothes from the time of her husband, Prince Albert's, death in 1861 until her own Queen Alexandra, who wore this dress, was a Danish princess who married Edward VII ...