In 1857, Queen Victoria posed for the first royal photo ever, and the world promptly fell in love with photographing royals. Here are some of the more memorable, yet less widely seen, photos of the royal family throughout the years.

This month, to mark the 200th anniversary of Prince Albert's birth, more than 17,500 photographs, prints, and official papers relating to Queen Elizabeth's consort are being made available to the public online by the Royal Collection Trust.

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Nicholas Romanov & Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with their nine children

Tristram Hunt, TV historian and Labour MP, compares Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee with Queen Victoria's

Alternate view of the royal mob at Coburg, 1894. Never seen this one before!

Painting of the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1840.