For Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Osborne House was a haven of tranquillity, far from the formality of court life at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. When they bought the building in 1845 ...

Victoria was the teen queen who went on to have the longest reign ... When Albert designed Osbourne House (a retreat on the Isle of Wight), he wanted "to make sure when they got into bed he ...

On this day, 123 years ago, Queen Victoria died in her stately home at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. She was aged 81 at the time of her death, the County Press reporting “a peaceful close ...

For Victoria, who would never venture farther ... taken by train and steamer to the Isle of Wight to meet the Queen at Osborne House. Through an interpreter she told him that she "recognised ...

But Marie Downing was Cinderella in reverse — leaving the opulence of Queen Victoria’s court in 1887 to become a modest farmer’s wife in rural America. It was a colossal culture shock from ...

Who Queen Victoria was How Queen Victoria changed Scotland's castles Facts about Balmoral Castle Types of activities Queen Victoria enjoyed at Balmoral Castle This resource is suitable for Castles ...

offered a meeting at either Dumfries House in Ayrshire or Balmoral Castle, a favourite retreat of the Royal Family since the days of Queen Victoria. King Charles's mother, the late Queen Elizabeth ...

Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy tarnished by the extravagance of her royal uncles. She also shaped a new role for the Royal Family, reconnecting it with the public through ...

Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838 ... She died on 22nd January 1901 at her residence, Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight and was buried beside Albert in the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore in ...