From parades to a performance by Diana Ross from Buckingham Palace, the world is raising a toast to the Queen this week Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE.

Achievements during Queen Victoria's reign included an express engine, the Forth Bridge, and a motor carMade to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, this vase was one of a limited ...

Malvern Priory boasts the most extensive collection of 15th-century stained glass in an English parish church, but this ...

The Jubilee (Police) Medal 1887 was issued to all ranks of the Metropolitan and City of London Police Forces, who were involved in the Jubilee Parade and celebrations of Queen Victoria's Golden ...

As the Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend came to a close on Sunday, the monarch expressed her heartfelt thanks to all her supporters with a letter from Buckingham Palace. “When it comes to how to ...

Alexandrina Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (a son of George III) and his wife Princess Victoria. She was born at Kensington Palace on 24th May 1819 and succeeded to the ...

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 ...

The "Tree of Trees," which is made up of 70 potted mini trees, was illuminated outside Buckingham Palace in honor of Queen Elizabeth Simon Perry is a writer and correspondent at PEOPLE. He has ...

Local historian Gary Stone compares a photograph of the Jubilee drinking fountain in Wanstead from 1905 with one from today.

Souvenir handkerchief made to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. The year before, she had surpassed her grandfather George III as the longest reigning monarch of British ...