The Duke of Edinburgh will turn 98 this summer.

1861 Queen Victoria wearing a crinoline by ? (location ?). From teatimeatwinterpalace.tumblr.com/post/37654220379/queen-victoria-1861; enlarged by half 750X1070 @72 230kj.

June 20th, Queen Victoria takes the throne and begins her reign of 63 years and 7 months, the longest serving in British royal history and the longest a female monarch has reigned world wide. 1837

She was known as the grandmother of the continent for a reason.

Death was a prevalent discourse during the life and times of average Victorians. One rather obvious reason was that life expectancy was much shorter. Be

Amazing news out of London yesterday- the Victoria & Albert Museum has acquired Queen Victoria’s Sapphire Coronet after a temporary export ban was placed on the piece last year. In honour…

Photograph of a full length double portrait of Princess Helena, later Princess Christian of Schleswig Holstein (1846-1923) and Princess Louise, later the Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939) standing, facing the camera. Princess Helena stands on the left and is dressed in 18th-century gentlemans costume and wig. On the right stands Princess Louise, wearing a bonnet and dress and carrying a basket of flowers in her right hand. The princesses are dressed for a performance of Les...

Royals have been marrying their cousins since time immemorial, traditionally as a means of strengthening political alliances. What might be surprising though is that members of the royal family have continued to marry their cousins, right up to the present day!