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 ...

Sam Kelly explains how Queen Victoria became a huge fan of drugs—and how she brought China to its knees because of it.

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 ...

Queen Margrethe abdicated in January 2024, and her son, King Fredrick X, has succeeded her. This video provides a comprehensive overview of all 85 great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria, including 7 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...