Among the other guidelines for the future queen: "the Princess is to sleep ... George can be thankful he isn’t growing up in young Princess Victoria’s day 200 years ago. Yes, there are rules ...

The Duke of Kent, who was father to Queen Victoria, died in 1820, leaving the matter of the young monarch’s education to her mother and the opportunistic Conroy. While it remains unclear who was ...

A cavalry subaltern under him was a young ... to the Queen, who told him "it would never do." Still, he went personally to the War Office, and received a staff assignment. Victoria warned him ...

Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy ... made her childhood miserable – from her state apartments. The young Queen was charmed by her first prime minister, Lord Melbourne ...

The catalogue of her private library records a whole host of books in German from her younger years. As a result of her political standing, Queen Victoria later spoke primarily English, though she ...

Queen Victoria is known to have been devastated by the loss of the man she had so affectionately named Lord M. Undoubtedly, tutoring the young Queen was the highlight of Lord Melbourne’s career ...