As Empress Alexandra was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria and therefore a fluent English speaker, she Duke Ernst of Hesse-Darmstadt (brother of the Czarina Alexandra of Russia); and analysis of how past Queens

I discussed the history of royal nannies from Queen Victoria’s reign to the present with Kat Hopps at

Queen Victoria found herself banning dinner conversation about a conflict between Denmark and Germany

Planning a visit to the United Kingdom for Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee and/or the London Olympics Be sure to visit some of the fascinating exhibitions in honour of the Queen’s sixty years on the throne Visiting a Jubilee exhibition is a great way to celebrate the Queen’s reign and see some of the UK’s At the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 2008. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London curated the exhibition Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton: A

The Queen’s drawing room aboard Britannia Inside Britannia’s royal apartments, the modern world is forgotten The Queen launched the ship in 1953 and the interiors reflect the aesthetic of the early decades of her The Queen personally selected the chintz sofa and armchair covers. state dining room seated thirty two people with extra tables available from the previous royal yacht, Victoria The Queen’s bedroom The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh occupied simple private cabins on the Britannia

George Hayter’s painting of the wedding of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert I discussed royal wedding Jump back to the 19th century, and you’ll see that royal weddings were riveting the public throughout Queen Victoria’s reign. After Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, died in 1861, Victoria lived a relatively secluded life, says Harris, “so a royal wedding was a rare public opportunity to catch a glimpse of the Queen.”

Stockholm, Sweden, where I visited the royal palace, the official residence of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Gustaf XVI’s grandmother, Crown Princess Margareta (Princess Margaret of Connaught, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria) In the Meleager Salon of Stockholm Palace. dowry of Ulrika Eleanora the Elder” Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (not to be confused with her daughter, a queen regnant) was consort to King Charles XI of Sweden The King Charles XI gallery King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen

Canadian Encyclopedia is about Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood (HRH The Princess Royal) Princess Victoria Princess Mary was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, the younger sister She also represented her niece Queen Elizabeth II on three official tours of Canada in 1955, 1962 and

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh parading down the Mall for the 2014 Trooping GETTY 1) The Queen Celebrated Her Official Birthday in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2014 at the annual The Queen has attended Trooping the Colour every year of her reign except for 1955, when a railway strike For more on how the Queen’s birthday is celebrated outside the UK, including Victoria Day in Canada see Sofia are expected to retain the titles of King and Queen.

Victoria during their 1896 coronation visit to Balmoral. While “Victoria” is considered a royal name today, it was unusual in Britain during the future Queen Victoria’s childhood. Victoria encouraged her own descendants to include “Victoria” or “Albert” as part of their children’s , the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will choose for their third child in April with “Mary” “Alice” “Victoria

The current issue of the Royal Studies Journal includes a review of Later Stuart Queens, 1660-1735: Religion This book includes a chapter I wrote about Queen Henrietta Maria, The Reputation of Dowager Queen Henrietta

The royal couple will return to Victoria in the evening and stay overnight at Government House, where Tomorrow, the royal couple will visit the Great Bear Rainforest, part of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy CBC.ca For more information about Prince William’s conservation efforts, see my 2013 column in the Victoria