On the same day in May 1856 that Queen Victoria held a review ... Families walking to work. Mary Evans Picture Library Impatiently, Victoria insisted that "early decisions" were necessary ...

For Victoria, who would never venture farther ... Mahdi. Hulton Getty Picture Archive. The Queen's experience of colonial Africa had been even more direct two years earlier when the deposed ...

She was Queen of the United ... People had their photos taken for the first time. They even enjoyed the first chocolate Easter eggs! As Victoria grew older, she visited many towns and cities.