Queen Victoria faced down a shocking eight assassination attempts during her reign. How did she survive all the attempts on her life? Watch the video here for a breakdown of the many failed ...

An 1848 etching featuring Queen Victoria and Prince Albert decorating an evergreen tree influenced how people decorate for the holidays Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been ...

From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social media. Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) saw an unprecedented expansion ...

If you’re in need of describing a prudish person with antiquated ideas, Victorian makes for a handy moniker. Its namesake queen embodied the term—a woman of virtuous morality whose enduring image is ...

Over the course of Queen Victoria’s reign, Britain transformed into an imperial power.

Baby clothes worn by Queen Victoria over 200 years ago could fetch thousands at auction after being gifted to the royal nanny ...

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 ...

For over a century, rumors about Queen Victoria's affair with her servant John Brown have persisted. Now a historian says she has proof. A portrait of Queen Victoria taken in honor of her Diamond ...