Queen Victoria’s half-brother Charles was born on 12 September 1804 as the son of Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. […]
From Queen Victoria to the Empress Frederick – Balmoral, 11 September 1898 After the assassination of Empress Elisabeth of Austria I feel numb with horror […]
In 1900, Irish activist Maud Gonne referred to Queen Victoria as the ‘Famine Queen’. This nickname stuck as Irish Nationalism, and a quest for independence […]
At Kensington Palace in the early hours (4.15 am) of 24 May 1819, Alexandrina Victoria was born to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, […]
Read part one here. It was to be expected that Albert was initially lonely after the wedding, but the expansion of his family was soon […]
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 26 August 1819 as the second son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and […]
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