Was Queen Victoria the first influencer? How the ‘media monarch’ shaped the modern world
From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social ...
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Who was Queen Victoria?
She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years. Queen Victoria married Prince Albert from Germany. The queen's reign is known as the Victorian age. Nearly 200 years ...
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Book Review: ‘Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers,’ by Anne Somerset, and ‘Q: A Voyage Around the Queen,’ by Craig Brown
When war began in 1914, no fewer than eight countries were ruled by descendants of Queen Victoria. Three of her relatives waged a war whose consequence saw two of them (Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany ...
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On This Day: Queen Victoria, Ireland's "Famine Queen," died in 1901
Queen Victoria - who was dubbed Ireland's 'Famine Queen' by revolutionary Maud Gonne - died on January 22, 1901. The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had a deep ...