Watercolour Portrait of Princess Alice

Queen Victoria painted a watercolour portrait of her daughter Princess Alice to mark her second birthday on 25 April 1845.

Buckingham Palace East Wing To Open For Public Tours

Buckingham Palace will open its doors to the East Wing for the first time this summer, following five years of improvement works.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Wedding

Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 10 February 1840 in the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace in London.

Queen Victoria Was Amused

A rare photo of a smiling Queen Victoria probably taken during her Golden Jubilee in 1887 celebrations contradicts her alleged remark that she was 'not amused'.

Scandanavian Royal Cousins Catchup

Sweden's Crown Princess Family caught up with the Norwegian Crown Prince Family on Gotland last weekend.

The Swedish Royal Family's summer residence resembles a very large three-storey villa built in the Italian style, rather than a palace.

Royal Recipe For Victoria Sponge

The Buckingham Palace Pastry Chefs are 'delighted' to share another traditional royal recipe: The Victoria Sponge.

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Britain’s second-longest reigning monarch and Empress of India was born in London in 1819 and ruled for nearly 64 years.

British Royal Family and New Technology

The British Royal Family has embraced modern technology since the late 19th Century, with the invention of the telephone, radio, television and the Internet.

Podcast: Surfer’s Ear, Instagram, Hutt River & Royal Social Media Guidelines

Crown Prince Haakon's minor surgery, Queen Elizabeth posts a message on Instagram, social media guidelines from the Palace, Prince Leonard laid to rest and our thoughts on those baby rumours.