Queen Victoria’s drawings of her children are to go on display for the first time. The etchings were made in the early years of her marriage to Prince Albert and will be exhibited by the British Museum in London to mark the bicentenary of both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert from July until September. The [read more]
“The Younger Lady” is the title given to the mother of King Tut whose mummified body was discovered in 1898 in the Valley of the King’s in Egypt in the tomb KV35 by archaeologist, Victor Loret. The mummified corpse was found naked and damaged (due to tomb robbers) alongside two other bodies – one of [read more]
From Queen Victoria to the German Crown Princess – Balmoral, 27 May 1887 Darling and Beloved Child, Truly, earnestly and most gratefully do I thank God that the (unnecessary though perhaps not unavoidable) alarm about precious Fritz has been dispelled and that your agony of uncertainty and suspense has been removed. I wish I could [read more]
During Queen Victoria’s long reign, she was the victim of a total of eight assassination attempts. The first attempt on Queen Victoria’s life was on 10 June 1840 when the newly married Queen was four months pregnant with her first child. Edward Oxford had joined the crowd at Marble Arch – then in front of [read more]
Read part one here. As her children grew up, Helena became more active as a charity patron. She set up a holiday home for deprived and disabled children, she was a founding member of the Red Cross, she became the President of the Royal School of Needlework and became involved with the British Nurses’ Association. [read more]
On 25 May 1846, Queen Victoria gave birth to her fifth child and third daughter; Princess Helena. It was announced “with happiness” that the Princess was delivered at five minutes to 3 o’clock. Her father Prince Albert later wrote to his brother Ernst that, “she came into this world rather blue, but she is quite [read more]
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