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Sam Kelly explains how Queen Victoria became a huge fan of drugs—and how she brought China to its knees because of it.
Queen Victoria wasn't the only royal to make train plumbing history. Under the reign of George V, the Royal Train was ...
Britain’s royal train service has been deemed too expensive, so now it’s being ditched in favor of helicopters and scheduled ...
ABOARD THE QUEEN VICTORIA — The anecdote has been rattling around Cunard Line for decades, with plenty of debate as to its veracity. It concerns how the original Queen Mary got its name. Cunard ...
T he story of Queen Victoria is surprisingly and deeply intertwined with the birth of photography as a medium. In an exhibition opening at The Getty Museum in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, curator Anne ...
Queen Victoria’s reign of more than 63 years was overtaken by Queen Elizabeth II, who had reigned for 70 years when she died in 2022. They have now inspired two books, ...
“Queen Victoria longed to go to India, but could never travel there. She longed to know about it. It was the Empire’s Jewel in the Crown. India comes to her in the form of Abdul Karim.