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An illustration from 1840 titled 'Leap Year' shows Queen Victoria proposing to Prince Albert at Windsor Castle in 1839. He, too, was immediately set upon by the crowds, but this time she had been ...
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had nine children. She named her first child Victoria, who was born in November 1840. Her eight other children were: Albert, Edward, Alice, ...
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had a passionate marriage before his untimely death. Here's what you didn't know about the royal couple.
Prince Albert's cruel notes to Queen Victoria shatter their mythic love story - he called her 'my child' and cut her down - saying 'I feel the dreadful waste of most precious time, and of energies ...
Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, circa 1854. Interestingly, he had told his wife not long before the onset of his illness, “I do not cling to life. You do; but I set no store by it.
Deirdre Murphy, a historian at Victoria’s childhood home, Kensington Palace, said: “Victoria was very dependant on her children, particularly after Prince Albert died. She leaned on her daughters.
Inside All About History 124: Discover how the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert reshaped the monarchies of Europe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
The idea first spread to England through Queen Charlotte, Queen Victoria's mother—but it was Victoria's consort Prince Albert who brought them into the mainstream in 1848.
But when the moment arose, Queen Victoria was ready to save the day. In 1841, she saved her husband, Prince Albert, from an icy lake he had fallen into while skating.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Amateur Artists by Becca Rothfeld February 12, 2015 February 12, 2015. Subscribe to our newsletter. Daily The latest stories every weekday Weekly Editors ...
AFTER a lot of consideration and pressure from her family, Queen Victoria chose to marry her uncle Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha’s nephew, Prince Albert. But what do we know about the pair… ...
As many of today's christenings are held, including Prince George's in 2013 and Prince Louis' earlier this year - Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert was in the Chapel Royal at St James' Palace.