Victoria's children

To the outside world Queen Victoria and Prince Albert seemed the embodiment of domestic bliss, but the reality was very different.

The iconic Queen had a complicated relationship with her nine children.

Queen Victoria with the royal family. Painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. 1846

My collage of miniature paintings of Queen Victoria's 9 children from eldest to youngest: Victoria (Vicky), Albert Edward (Bertie), Alice, Alfred (Affie), Helena (Lenchen), Louise (Loosy), Queen Victoria holding Arthur, Leopold (Leo) and Beatrice (Baby). The miniatures of the children were gifts Prince Albert started giving to Queen Victoria. Many of my readers know I am a history buff. At the moment I'm reading biographies on Queen Victoria's 9 children, one by one. As figures in history…

The PrintThis giclée print delivers a vivid image with maximum color accuracy and exceptional resolution. The standard for museums and galleries around the world, giclée is a printing process where millions of ink droplets are “sprayed” onto high-quality paper. With the great degree of detail and smooth transitions of color gradients, giclée prints appear much more realistic than other reproduction prints. The high-quality paper (235 gsm) is acid free with a smooth surface. Paper…

Queen Victoria didn't just head up an Empire as the mother to nine children she also earned the title of Grandmother of Europe. Who were Queen Victoria's children?

Queen's family gathers around the Christmas tree at Windsor Castle.

Her reign of 63 years and seven months is known as the Victorian Era, a period of industrial, cultural, scientific, and political change that was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. But Victoria was raised under close supervision and near isolation until she became Queen of the United Kingdom at the young age of 18. She married her first cousin, Albert, and had nine children who married into families across Europe.By the time she had earned the nickname "The Grandmother of…

Queen Victoria didn't just head up an Empire as the mother to nine children she also earned the title of Grandmother of Europe. Who were Queen Victoria's children?

Did you know that the picnic, as we understand the word today, was a Victorian invention? Of course people had taken meals outdoors since the invention of the house, but the occasion was usually associated with hunting or the need to view cherry blossoms. In Victorian England, however, it became the smart thing to do, since the Queen herself was known to enjoy family picnics on her many estates.