In the late, chill spring of 1886, with morning frost still on the ground at eleven, the Queen left Windsor ... of an apparent heart ailment early in 1884. Victoria's contact with another regional ...

The Queen made some unwise choices early in her reign as she allowed ... with grief and wore mourning for the rest of her life. Victoria withdrew from public life after Albert's death, but kept ...

While traveling with the empress in South Africa, Marie is credited with saving her life. Marie Downing began serving Queen Victoria after ... lonesome in the early days when we had so few ...

John Bean’s life was a tragic one ... of her beloved Prince Albert in 1861, Queen Victoria became hard for any would-be assassin to get at. When in early 1872 a service at St Paul’s Cathedral ...

She bagged the role of Queen Victoria in the 2001 TV production, Victoria and Albert, where she depicted the monarch during her early years ... solid thing in your life. If work goes great ...

Close up of Queen Victoria’s right ... s fancy shoes for the big day!) Victorian weddings were usually held in church, sometimes in a home parlor, and always early—certainly no later than ...

Victoria and Albert were a "genuine love match," historical Daisy Goodwin tells PEOPLE Simon Perry is a writer and correspondent at PEOPLE. He has more than 25 years’ experience at PEOPLE ...

Strong, intelligent, and best known as Queen Victoria’s African goddaughter, Sarah Forbes Bonetta led an extraordinary life.

Alexandrina Victoria ... the Queen. A confused bishop wrongly told her the ceremony was over and she then had to come back to her seat to finish the service. In her Journal Victoria recorded the ...