Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queen Victoria poses for a portrait - Print Collector/Getty Images As a child, Queen Victoria was restricted to a diet that ...

Queen Victoria had nine children and high expectations for her four sons, whom she compared to her husband, Prince Albert. Her eldest son, Edward VII, was destined to inherit the British Empire but ...

If you’re in need of describing a prudish person with antiquated ideas, Victorian makes for a handy moniker. Its namesake queen embodied the term—a woman of virtuous morality whose enduring image is ...

During the reign of Queen Victoria, the British Empire profited heavily from exporting opium from colonial India to China, fuelling addiction and sparking the First Opium War after Chinese official ...

It was 183 years ago today when Queen Victoria survived the first of two consecutive assassination attempts in London. As the queen returned to Buckingham Palace on May 29, 1842, a young man named ...

A set of 19th-century drawings by a teenage Queen Victoria will be put up for auction in London next week. Three of the sketches were made when the British queen, who reigned from 1837 until her death ...

On February 10, 1840, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert married at Chapel Royal in St. James Palace. Mutual love and affection characterized their marriage, an uncommon practice at the time. The ...

It’s the heart of many a fairy tale — a young woman rising from humble beginnings to a life of luxury in a grand palace. But Marie Downing was Cinderella in reverse — leaving the opulence of Queen ...

Who was the most notorious drug kingpin of all time? You might think it was Pablo Escobar, or maybe El Chapo—but you’d be wrong. More than 100 years before those guys were born, there was an ...

Dickens Victorian Village volunteers were honored for their dedication, with Connie Humphrey recognized for portraying Queen ...