Why are stories of royal personages so addictive to many of us? Is it because there are relatively so few royals? Or because ...

Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy ... She attended several Highland Games and wrote a bestselling book, Highland Leaves, about her experiences, which boosted tourism to the ...

Of all Queen Victoria's children, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, lived perhaps the most unexpected life. The sixth child and fourth daughter of Victoria and Albert, she was a strong supporter of ...

Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838, aged 19. The ceremony took five hours and suffered from a lack of rehearsal. No one except the Queen ...