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 ...

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.

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.

In fact, the royal Christmas tree, now a cherished symbol, owes its prominence to Victoria and her German-born consort, Prince Albert. While Christmas trees were introduced to Britain by Queen ...

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 ...

A curator of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s “Cartier” exhibition explains how the jeweler’s “elegance” and “discretion” led ...

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 ...

Prior to Queen Elizabeth II, Victoria's reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than any previous British monarch. She married her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840 ...