London newspaper The Illustrated News published an image of the royal family gathered around an eight-foot decorated fir tree ...

Queen Victoria is remembered for her long tenure ... Victoria began taking drawing lessons as a young girl and eventually was taught by renowned artists such as Edwin Landseer, William Leighton ...

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, 18-year-old Victoria is crowned queen and becomes caught up in the political scheming of her own family.

Using fir trees at Christmas dates back to the reign of Queen Victoria - she popularised using these trees and traditionally ...

A cavalry subaltern under him was a young ... to the Queen, who told him "it would never do." Still, he went personally to the War Office, and received a staff assignment. Victoria warned him ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The monarch set fashion trends during her time, and the flower holder became a sought-after accessory in Victorian society Carol A. Grissom The sketches, which are heading to auction this week ...