Know the story of a man who was sent as a clerk from Agra to England to serve the Queen, and how ended up becoming a ...

But Marie Downing was Cinderella in reverse — leaving the opulence of Queen Victoria’s court in 1887 to become a modest ...

Prince Albert died at the age of 42. The Queen was inconsolable with grief and wore mourning for the rest of her life. Victoria withdrew from public life after Albert's death, but kept up with her ...

For Victoria, who would never venture ... Bored with his life as an elevated gentleman-in-waiting, he appealed to the Queen, who told him "it would never do." Still, he went personally to the ...

It was a changing of the guard at the Royal Palace in Stockholm as Sweden’s future queen chose military uniform for the first time for a big annual event. Since the 1990s, the Swedish ...

As Queen Victoria wrote in her diary ... Though she suffered from fragile health most of her life, and died of tuberculosis before the age of 40, Sarah was survived by her husband, the wealthy ...

Victoria Beckham expertly curtsied for Queen Camilla when they said hello at the WOW reception at Buckingham Palace. All ...

Strong, intelligent, and best known as Queen Victoria’s African goddaughter, Sarah Forbes Bonetta led an extraordinary life.

While traveling with the empress in South Africa, Marie is credited with saving her life. Marie Downing began serving Queen Victoria after first working as a seamstress for the royal children.

Queen Victoria married Prince Albert from Germany ... She was so sad she decided to dress in black clothes for the rest of her life. Britain changed a lot during her reign. Steam railways spread ...