"Victoria and Albert made [the monarchy] respectable and popular – it had been neither of those things before they came to the throne. They had children, they were public servants – they were ...

All nine of Victoria and Albert’s children received tuition in German, with the result that they were able to speak the language fluently; German was also spoken within the family. A large number of ...

prince consort in July 1857 was ridiculed in the press but explained as required by the imminence of having their adult children outrank their father, "a foreign prince." Victoria and Albert.

Oh! how I adore and love him, I cannot say!!” (15.10.1839) Queen Victoria and Prince Albert married on 10 February 1840. They had nine children in all and spend 21 years of married life together.

At just 4ft 11in tall, Victoria was a towering presence as a symbol of her Empire. She and her husband Albert and their nine children came to symbolise a new, confident age. Alexandrina Victoria ...

Some of their children married princes and princesses from countries across Europe, like Russia and Germany. This is why Victoria was called the Grandmother of Europe! When Albert died ...

It tells the story of the great love affair between Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert. These two, oddly, are the least starry names in the cast, but Jonathan Firth makes a suitably ...

prince consort in July 1857 was ridiculed in the press but explained as required by the imminence of having their adult children outrank their father, "a foreign prince." Victoria and Albert.