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Prince Albert died in December 1861 and Queen Victoria was so over whelmed by grief that she withdrew from public life for almost a decade confining her duties
to advising her ministers mainly by post, and unveiling memorials to her husband.The…

By the late 1870’s her conservative Prime Minister Disraeli had managed to coax her back into public view. Queen Victoria described herself as a liberal and supported constitutional government, free trade and religious tolerance. In 1877 Disraeli…

After the death of Prince Albert, unsubstantiated rumors about her relationship with her Scottish attendant, John Brown, led to increasing criticisms.
Date of withdrawal 1892 - 1896

Victoria died at Osborne House on the Isle of White on 22nd January 1901; she was then the matriarch of European Royalty, had transformed the standing of the Monarchy and had made it
the single most obvious link holding together the world’s…

George V (1865-1936) was born at Kensington Palace, London, second son of Edward VII. He married Princess Mary of Teck in 1893 and was created Prince of Wales in 1901. He was King of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 1910-1936. He…

The reign of King George V saw the First World War in which an estimated 10 million men lost their lives, the Irish Free State Settlement of 1922 and the general strike of 1926. The post war years became known as the roaring twenties. He began the…

The reign of King George V saw the First World War in which an estimated 10 million men lost their lives, the Irish Free State Settlement of 1922 and the general strike of 1926. The post war years became known as the roaring twenties. He began the…

The reign of King George V saw the First World War in which an estimated 10 million men lost their lives, the Irish Free State Settlement of 1922 and the general strike of 1926. The post war years became known as the roaring twenties. He began the…

The reign of King George V saw the First World War in which an estimated 10 million men lost their lives, the Irish Free State Settlement of 1922 and the general strike of 1926. The post war years became known as the roaring twenties. He began the…

Ο Χωρεπίσκοπος Μαρωνιτών Κύπρου Ιωάννης Φοραδάρης υποδέχεται την Lady Foot (σύζυγο του τελευταίου Άγγλου Κυβερνήτη Sir Hugh Foot) στον Καθεδρικό…