Although English was the predominant language, German was spoken with various members of the family – it was by no means an uncommon language at Buckingham Palace in the late nineteenth century. Queen ...

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 ...

Fact: Believe it or not, this is true! As Queen Victoria wrote in her diary, The ice cracked, & Albert was in the water up to his head, even for a moment below. In my agony of fright ...

Victoria knew she was rather plain, with her chief and perhaps only asset her position as queen of the mightiest empire on the globe. In her diary she wrote, "It was with some emotion that I ...