Queen Victoria

On her Coronation day the 18-year-old wrote of her awe at seeing ‘the millions of my loyal subjects who were assembled’ and even her adored husband Albert was not immune from her frightful tantrums.

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I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong. - Queen Elizabeth II

Victorian mourning clothes allowed our ancestors to let the world know that grief was in their hearts without them having to say a word.

An exhibition to mark 200 years since her birth will tell the story of Queen Victoria transforming Buckingham Palace

As the pictures above shows, Princess Beatrice bears a striking resemblance to a young Queen Victoria. And she's not the only royal to share her royal features.

To the outside world Queen Victoria and Prince Albert seemed the embodiment of domestic bliss, but the reality was very different.

Show at Museum of London highlights continued vulnerability of big cities to disease epidemics

From pampered princess to elderly empress: wife, mother and queen