just a few months after the death of Victoria’s beloved husband, Prince Albert. Victoria was a frequent visitor to the mausoleum to see her husband’s grave. Ironically, Queen Victoria herself ...

THERE is a perceptible note of apprehension in the public mind, caused by the death of the Queen ... The steady good sense of Queen Victoria, which latterly rose to sagacity; the unprecedented ...

The building was finally completed in 1856. After Albert's death in 1861 (aged 42), Queen Victoria increasingly spent more of her time at Balmoral, famously befriending her gillie John Brown.

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 ...