When Princess Patricia of Connaught, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, wed Alexander Ramsay in London in 1919, she more than ...
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Was Queen Victoria a political genius – or just a ‘spoilt child?’Queen Victoria may or may not have been amused, her sense of humour was undoubtedly limited, but she possessed an inadvertent talent to amuse unsurpassed by any other of Britain’s monarchs.
From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social ...
Victoria found this very chafing and relished her new-found freedom from such restrictions when she ascended the throne, aged just 18 years and 3 weeks old. The idea of Queen Victoria keeping a ...
Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy tarnished by the extravagance of her royal uncles. She also shaped a new role for the Royal Family, reconnecting it with the public through ...
Queen Victoria was the first monarch to take up residence in July 1837, just three weeks after her accession, and in June 1838, she was the first British sovereign to leave from Buckingham Palace ...
Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838, aged 19. The ceremony took five hours and suffered from a lack of rehearsal. No one except the Queen ...
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