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 remains one of the most iconic British monarchs. Biography reports that she was born Alexandrina Victoria on May 24, 1819, to Edward, King George III’s fourth son, and Victoria ...

Princess Gouramma of Coorg became Queen Victoria's goddaughter. This symbolized British imperial triumph. The Coorg War led ...

Princess Gouramma, an Indian royal, became Queen Victoria's goddaughter, but her life in England was marked by cultural ...

A portrait of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) in the 50th year of her reign. In the first episode of the fifth season of Netflix's "The Crown," the possibility of the British public having "Queen ...

Queen Victoria was one of the most famous women of the 19th century. Despite this, she didn’t like the idea of female rulers. Here’s what she had to say – and how her actions may have ...

LONDON (AP) — British royal documents including Queen Victoria’s heart-wrenching, handwritten account of her husband Prince Albert’s death have been put online, offering a firsthand acc… ...

Britain’s royal train service has been deemed too expensive, so now it’s being ditched in favor of helicopters and scheduled ...

A set of 19th-century drawings by a teenage Queen Victoria will be put up for auction in London next week.. Three of the sketches were made when the British queen, who reigned from 1837 until her ...

The portrait was commissioned to celebrate Black British figures from history. LONDON -- A new portrait of Queen Victoria’s African goddaughter, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, has been unveiled at the ...

LONDON (AP) — British royal documents including Queen Victoria's heart-wrenching, handwritten account of her husband Prince Albert's death have been put online, offering a firsthand account of ...