But documents released at the National Archives in Kew, west London ... to retrieve potentially embarrassing letters written by Queen Victoria to her Germany-based daughter.

Queen Victoria was the first monarch to take up residence in July 1837, just three weeks after her accession, and in June 1838, she was the first British sovereign to leave from Buckingham Palace ...

Prince Albert purchased the castle for Queen Victoria in 1952 ... Small but mighty, the Kew Palace on the banks of the River Thames was once the home of Queen Caroline and George II in the ...

Alexandrina Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (a son of George III) and his wife Princess Victoria. She was born at Kensington Palace on 24th May 1819 ... was held at St ...

believing that shooting the Queen would be the answer to his problems. On 29th May, Francis fired at her outside Buckingham Palace and escaped. Suspecting that he might try again, Victoria bravely ...

King Charles III rode in the same Gold State Coach that Queen Victoria used, but only on his return trip to Buckingham Palace. “It’s extremely uncomfortable apparently, even the late Queen ...

So when her father died when she was eight months her prospects of becoming queen were good. The princess, known as Victoria, was raised at Kensington Palace. She was educated by her governess ...