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The extremely close relationship between Victoria and Albert has inspired dozens of books, films and series. They idolized one another and wrote about their love in numerous letters and diary entries.
It tells the story of the great love affair between Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert. These two, oddly, are the least starry names in the cast, but Jonathan Firth makes a suitably ...
5. Victoria was a trailblazer for Queen Elizabeth. "Victoria and Albert made [the monarchy] respectable and popular – it had been neither of those things before they came to the throne.
For Victoria ... to the Albert Hall for a formal celebration of the occasion, with an ode for the occasion by Lord Tennyson set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. "An Address to the Queen" was ...
With body and soul I remain for ever your slave Your devoted Albert on 15 Oct. 1839 Dearest Victoria. I will come to you at precisely 12 o’clock. As far as Ernst is concerned, he does not wish to be ...
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were particularly avid collectors ... closely at their careers that we start to get a fuller picture of what it was like to be a woman artist in this period.' ...
was given by Prince Albert to Queen Victoria on their wedding night in 1840. Victoria wore the brooch pinned to her wedding dress and it was designated in her will as an "heirloom to the crown ...
Queen Victoria married Prince Albert from Germany ... Steam railways spread across the country. People had their photos taken for the first time. They even enjoyed the first chocolate Easter ...