The beating romantic heart of season three of Victoria isn’t the eponymous queen but her Mistress of the Robes. Sophie ... s house,” she wrote to parliament in 1855. “Not only can he ...

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 ...

Prince Albert's father, Duke Ernest of Coburg, was a brother of Queen Victoria's mother ... uniform but without any further dignity of rank. (Parliament was unhappy with the importation of ...