In 1863, Queen Victoria’s eldest son, Albert Edward, had married Princess Alexandra of Denmark, and the fashionable young couple – the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra – ushered in ...

Edward VII had no doubt whatever that it was his ... the Prince Consort, exerted over Queen Victoria. But all three, as creative artists, handled the subject gingerly; Magnus, as annalist, doesn ...

On this day in 1901, Edward VII was proclaimed King of the United Kingdom after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria at ...

Albert Edward, the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, was born at Buckingham Palace on 9th November 1841. He succeeded to the throne in 1901. He was well known as a lover of good food and ...

Victoria died after weeks of ill health. Her son and heir Edward VII and her grandson Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany were at her deathbed. The Queen ruled over an Empire that covered a quarter of ...

Alexandrina Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward ... She was succeeded by her son Edward VII. A memorial service for her was held in the Abbey on 2nd February.

Did you know? King Edward VII was a King-in-waiting for 60 years during the reign of Queen Victoria. When he finally ascended to the throne he only ruled for nine years. Did you know? The ill ...

Edward VII (Albert Edward ... During the long widowhood of his mother, Queen Victoria, he was largely excluded from political power and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite.

On Jan. 22, 1973, in its historic Roe vs. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state bans and made abortion ...

Britain’s Queen Victoria died at 81 after a reign of 63 years; she was succeeded by her eldest son, Edward VII. 1944: During World War II, Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy.