When her husband died in 1861 she was so stricken with grief that she wore mourning for the rest of her life and ... Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on ...

The Victorian era spanned from the late 1830s to the early 1900s and it is closely tied to the reign of the British Queen ...

Women tried to replicate Victoria's fashions while some men copied Albert's hairstyle and moustache. Prince Albert died at the age of 42. The Queen was inconsolable with grief and wore mourning ...

Widows in the West were expected to dress entirely in black, even including their umbrellas. This tradition carried on in ...

U.S. stock markets will close Jan. 9, in observance of a national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter.

In Queen Victoria's bedroom in Osborne House ... after Albert's death and he drew her out of her mourning and depression. When Brown died, she was devastated. Four years later, Abdul Karim ...