Queen victoria descendants

The Duke of Edinburgh will turn 98 this summer.

1861 Queen Victoria wearing a crinoline by ? (location ?). From teatimeatwinterpalace.tumblr.com/post/37654220379/queen-victoria-1861; enlarged by half 750X1070 @72 230kj.

June 20th, Queen Victoria takes the throne and begins her reign of 63 years and 7 months, the longest serving in British royal history and the longest a female monarch has reigned world wide. 1837

She was known as the grandmother of the continent for a reason.

Edie Spyke shared Susan Giannotti Reidy's post to the group: The Gilded Age Society. Rarely seen pictures of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert from The Victoria site

Amazing news out of London yesterday- the Victoria & Albert Museum has acquired Queen Victoria’s Sapphire Coronet after a temporary export ban was placed on the piece last year. In honour…

Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Helena (1846-1923) and Princess Louise, later Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939) standing, facing towards the camera. They are dressed in costume as Clermont and Louison for a performance of Les deux petits Savoyards.

Royals have been marrying their cousins since time immemorial, traditionally as a means of strengthening political alliances. What might be surprising though is that members of the royal family have continued to marry their cousins, right up to the present day!