The trend took off around 1840.

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If you’re in need of describing a prudish person with antiquated ideas, Victorian makes for a handy moniker. Its namesake queen embodied the term—a woman of virtuous morality whose enduring image is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last night at Windsor Castle, Kate Middleton stepped out in a surprising tiara choice: Queen Victoria’s Oriental Circlet Tiara, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queen Victoria poses for a portrait - Print Collector/Getty Images As a child, Queen Victoria was restricted to a diet that ...

It was 183 years ago today when Queen Victoria survived the first of two consecutive assassination attempts in London. As the queen returned to Buckingham Palace on May 29, 1842, a young man named ...

Brides like Queen Victoria and Zara Tindall have subtly brushed off norms of modesty and dress color The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty; Pool/Max Mumby/Getty British royal wedding dresses ...

A set of 19th-century drawings by a teenage Queen Victoria will be put up for auction in London next week. Three of the sketches were made when the British queen, who reigned from 1837 until her death ...

It’s the heart of many a fairy tale — a young woman rising from humble beginnings to a life of luxury in a grand palace. But Marie Downing was Cinderella in reverse — leaving the opulence of Queen ...