On Wednesday, Meghan Markle becomes the first of the younger generation of royals to score a ride on the royal train ... great grandmother, Queen Victoria, first rode a train in 1842 — aboard ...

In the late, chill spring of 1886, with morning frost still on the ground at eleven, the Queen left Windsor by private train early on ... disliked about British colonial involvement -- exoticism ...

Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy tarnished by the extravagance of her royal uncles ... then have been followed by every British monarch since. Victoria, with the assistance ...

Victoria was not amused. Tensions in southern Africa remained high even after Jameson's raiders were released, and the Queen with some reluctance suggested that her Government review British legal ...

Royal Mail will ... 1830 - seven years before Queen Victoria took the throne. It inspired for iconic works of art - as well as one of the most infamous heists in British history.

During her reign the British Empire reached the height of its prestige and ... Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838, aged 19. The ceremony ...