A Midwestern therapist with a mullet, tattoos and nose piercing may be a descendant of Queen Victoria’s secret lovechild, a British historian has claimed. Angela Webb-Milinkovich, a mental-health ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – We’re celebrating 200 years of the Erie Canal. It’s the reason we’re here. It made Rochester the first American boom town, and it gave us the city’s first nickname: The Flour City.
'Queen Victoria At Kensington Palace With Lucy Worsley' BAFTA winning historian and Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces Lucy Worsley takes Dan Snow on a tour of Kensington Palace, one of the ...
ROLLA, N.D. — It’s the heart of many a fairy tale — a young woman rising from humble beginnings to a life of luxury in a grand palace. But Marie Downing was Cinderella in reverse — leaving the ...
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 ...
Queen Victoria was one of the most important monarchs in British history, and many people assume all of her brood led charmed lives. When it comes to her youngest son Prince Leopold, however, nothing ...
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 ...
Legend has it that in 1836, Queen Victoria walked into the gentlemen-only Reform Club in central London to order a drink. And a very specific drink: a Soyeur au Champagne, made with Champagne, cognac, ...