It’s 1848 and Queen Victoria is pregnant with her 6 th child, but her burgeoning belly is the least of her worries. Revolution abroad and unrest at home, coupled with new houseguests, and a ...

As a new queen, the young Victoria struggles to take charge amid her family’s attempts to manipulate her. Victoria’s friendship with Prime Minister Lord Melbourne sparks a national crisis. Check local ...

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. In the century since her death, Queen Victoria's mystique has only grown.

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 ...

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 ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

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 ...

Each week in April, Vanity Fair will look back at a different royal wedding in British history in the lead-up to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s May 19 nuptials. Kate Middleton may still be ...

Sweet treats had been a part of nuptial feasts for centuries, but Queen Victoria's tiered white cake took the tradition to new heights. Queen Victoria’s wedding cake was topped by Britannia, a female ...