Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mum, with her three youngest grandchildren: Prince Edward; Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones; and David, Viscount Linley.
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24/05/1819 - Happy birthday to Her Late Majesty, Queen Victoria who was born on this day (May 24th) in 1819
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Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Queen Elizabeth II at a walk in Broadlands in 1947 (their honeymoon) and 2007 (celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary).
A series of miniatures in The Royal Collection showing a young Queen Victoria. She’s shown at the ages of one, three, four, and seven.
history meme. seven pairings: queen victoria and prince albert.
She was an 18-year-old young woman who had just become Queen of England in 1837. He was her cousin and they married in 1840. Queen Victoria was most pleased with her new husband. She wrote to her uncle Leopold thanking him “for the prospect of great happiness you have contributed to give me in the person of dear Albert. “He possesses every quality that can be desired to make me perfectly happy.” Berkshire historian Jane Walton says: “He had actually been her right-hand man, he had helped with all the business, he’d taken the load of monarchy off her shoulders to a certain extent. “He devoted himself to sorting out the Royal finances, so much so they could afford to buy Osborne House - a home of their own that was their private residence.” For 21 years they lived in close harmony and had a family of nine children, many of whom married into the European monarchy. Prince Albert died of typhoid at Windsor on 14 December 1861. Victoria was overwhelmed by grief and remained in mourning until the end of her life. Cliveden in Berkshire offered some peace and quiet during political difficulties, such as when the Second Reform Act was going through the House Of Commons in 1867. She would arrive at Cliveden with a 90-strong entourage and a huge portrait of Albert, which she positioned on an easel at the end of the bed she stayed in, and a smaller portrait by her pillow. Jane says: “The one by her pillow was actually a portrait of Albert sleeping, so when she woke up it was as if Albert was still there.” (x)
Wedding day of Princess Elizabeth of York and Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark
Bridesmaid Princess Margaret chatting with Queen Ingrid of Denmark, her husband King Frederik IX. smoking
Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
The Duchess of Cambridge attends a Garden Party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace hosted by Queen Elizabeth II
