Poldark series title card All men were born in the same way: no privilege existed which was not of man’s own contriving. – Winston Graham Ross ...

This German tradition had been introduced to the royal household by Prince Albert, the beloved consort of Queen Victoria, who was then a young queen, only eleven years into what would be her era ...

Dominated by her possessive mother and her bullying consort, Conroy, since childhood, teen-aged Victoria refuses to allow them the power of acting as her regent in the last days of her uncle ...

The young royals all participate in a popular Christmas tradition that we all enjoy. Using fir trees at Christmas dates back to the reign of Queen Victoria. She popularised using these trees and ...

As Queen Victoria wrote in her diary ... Victoria took an interest in the young princess, made her her goddaughter, invited her to Windsor palace regularly, and provided an education worthy ...

Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy ... made her childhood miserable – from her state apartments. The young Queen was charmed by her first prime minister, Lord Melbourne ...

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 ...

Queen Victoria ruled Britain from 1837 to 1901 ... It was customary for children from low-income families to be sent off to work as young as the age of four or five. If you were born into the ...