Queen Victoria was on the throne during the height of the British Empire - but her earliest days were spent in lonely ...

However, she had three elderly uncles ahead of her in the succession. So when her father died when she was eight months her prospects of becoming queen were good. The princess, known as Victoria ...

Victoria succeeded William IV, Albert had met his cousin only once, when an immature teenager. Victoria was unimpressed. As queen, however, she interviewed German, Dutch and even Russian princes ...

After a succession of old men ... Victoria was a trailblazer for Queen Elizabeth. "Victoria and Albert made [the monarchy] respectable and popular – it had been neither of those things before ...

Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838 ... buried beside Albert in the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore in the grounds of Windsor Castle. She was succeeded by her son Edward VII. A memorial service ...