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Portraits of Queen Victoria frequently show her as a stern, unsmiling monarch, which has contributed to her historical image as a dour ruler. However, those who knew her personally described her ...

Let’s take a look at the politics of sculptural commissions plus a top ten of statues featuring women in the city of London. A set of 19th-century drawings by a teenage Queen Victoria will be put up ...

The announcement that a mysterious portrait may be the only depiction of England's shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane Grey created during her lifetime overlooks research undertaken nearly 20 years ...

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 ...

Biographer AN Wilson uncovers the intriguing personal life of Queen Victoria through her journals and letters in this psychological portrait of Britain's longest reigning monarch.

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 ...