The bleeding disorder haemophilia B was unwittingly introduced into the royal families of Europe by Queen Victoria, before nine of her descendants died from the disease. They included her youngest ...

The two attempts on her life, carried out by 19-year-old John Francis, happened within a span of 24 hours, historical records show.

The poll's results suggested that the public thought the monarch was suffering from 'Queen Victoria Syndrome' and should have voluntarily abdicated, which is what we'll be getting into today.

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From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social media. Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) saw an unprecedented ...

The royal train comprised seven coaches—two of them, the queen’s private property. One of these was Victoria’s saloon-carriage, which Paoli noted was "padded throughout in blue silk" and ...

When war began in 1914, no fewer than eight countries were ruled by descendants of Queen Victoria. Three of her relatives waged a war whose consequence saw two of them (Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany ...

The relationship between Queen Victoria and her beloved servant John Brown, who was her close companion after the death of her husband Prince Albert, has been the subject of intrigue for well over ...

Brown, who was then 21 and had grown up locally, was working as a ghillie on the estate and was made leader of the queen's pony by Albert, a role which saw him accompany Victoria as she rode out.