A race from Germany to England marks a dramatic beginning to Queen Victoria’s life. A race from Germany to England marks a dramatic beginning to Queen Victoria’s life. Her birth at Kensington Palace ...

Queen Victoria had several wards and godchildren from British colonies, including Africa and India. The godchildren were treated like family, but also subject to strict control, according to ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The queen travelled through France incognito, posing as the Countess of ...

Who was the most notorious drug kingpin of all time? You might think it was Pablo Escobar, or maybe El Chapo—but you’d be wrong. More than 100 years before those guys were born, there was an ...

Two very different books examine the reigns and legacies of Victoria and Elizabeth II. By Geoffrey Wheatcroft Geoffrey Wheatcroft is the author, most recently, of “Bloody Panico!: Or, Whatever ...

Years before Queen Elizabeth II passed away at her beloved Balmoral on September 8, 2022, the state plans for her death, dubbed Operation London Bridge, were already concrete. This foresight, so ...

Victoria and Albert’s wedding brings the nation together in celebration. Victoria and Albert’s wedding brings the nation together in celebration, and starts the tradition of the white wedding dress.

IT was inevitable that Miss Sitwell — though there never were such Georgians as the Sitwells — should eventually find herself on the threshold of the Victorian era. A biography of the Queen falls into ...