From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social ...

Queen Victoria was one of the most important monarchs in British history, and many people assume all of her brood led charmed lives. When it comes to her youngest son Prince Leopold, however, nothing ...

After Queen Victoria's beloved husband passed away in 1861, the monarch was bereft with grief. The void Prince Albert left was soon filled, however, by an unexpected figure which shocked ...

Victoria and David Beckham's Friday night date night just got a major upgrade. Yesterday, Posh and Becks joined King Charles ...

Victoria found this very chafing and relished her new-found freedom from such restrictions when she ascended the throne, aged just 18 years and 3 weeks old. The idea of Queen Victoria keeping a ...

Alex Orange Drink guested on the latest Bright Eyes album Five Dice, All Threes. Now, Conor Oberst is returning the favor by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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As well as being Britain’s monarch, Empress of India and the ruler of a vast empire over which ‘the sun never set’, Queen Victoria was also a meddlesome matriarch who spent a great deal of ...

Businesses on Queen Victoria Street that will feel the full brunt of the Fremantle traffic bridge shutdown later this year ...