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15 de may. de 2018 · From their early courtship to Albert’s untimely death, the love affair between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert showed a warmer side to the Queen Though their affection for each other has been well documented – not least by Queen Victoria herself, who wrote openly of her love for her husband in her diaries – it was far from love at first ...
- Sally Coffey
- Cupid's Arrow Strikes
- Unhappy Childhoods
- Role Reversal
- Behind The Public Image
By 1839, Victoria was relishing the relative freedom of being an unmarried young queen and once again declared herself reluctant to marry. But in October 1839, Albert visited England again. This time, Victoria was smitten. “It was with some emotion that I beheld Albert – who is beautiful”, she scribbled in her diary that night. Just five days later...
However, Victoria was not a natural mother. Princess Victoria's childhoodhad been an unhappy one, kept in seclusion at Kensington Palace by her own domineering mother with little in the way of companionship or affection. The death of Victoria’s father when she was just eight months old had a profound impact and the only male influence she had had a...
Albert was not a popular choice of husband for Victoria with the British public. He had come to the marriage an impoverished and relatively low-standing prince, despite his royal connections. And he was German to boot. “He comes to take for ‘better or for worse’ / England’s fat queen and England’s fatter purse” were two lines from a popular, if ins...
The issue of sharing power was a constant thorn in the marriage. Albert was an accomplished polymath with deep interests in the arts, science and new technologies of the day. He used his influence as Victoria’s husband to further some of his passions, adding President of the Society for the Extinction of Slavery and Chancellor of Cambridge Universi...
- Rachel Dinning
6 de ene. de 2021 · Learn more about the diminutive monarch – from her famed love and mourning for her husband, Prince Albert, to the many attempts on her life… One of history's most iconic monarchs, Queen Victoria (1819-1901) ruled for more than 60 years.
- Ellie Cawthorne
18 de ene. de 2021 · On 10 February 1840 Queen Victoria married Prince Albert, the German Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in one of the greatest love matches in British history.
- Lily Johnson
1 de ene. de 2013 · To the outside world Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their family seemed the embodiment of domestic bliss, but the reality was very different, writes historian Jane Ridley. The marriage...
Signature. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors —constituted the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, political ...
25 de feb. de 2021 · It's been over 100 years since Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were married, yet their relationship remains one of the most well known in British royal history. What made their wedding such a momentous occasion? Learn more about this historic day and more. Victoria and Albert's engagement.
