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Learn all about the rich, storied history behind Victoria and Albert's nine children and their fascinating (and sometimes scandalous) lives.
In 1970, British surgeon Thomas E. A. Stowell published an article entitled "Jack the Ripper – A Solution?" in the November issue of The Criminologist.In the article, Stowell proposed that the Ripper was an aristocrat who had contracted syphilis during a visit to the West Indies, that it had driven him insane, and that in this state of mind he had perpetrated the five canonical Jack the ...
A character page for characters from Corpse Bride. Victor Van Dort A shy and gawky young man who is engaged to Victoria Everglot for social and financial reasons. He is a very good pianist. Accidental Marriage: With Emily. Victor was practicing …
10 February 1840: Victoria and Albert are married at the Chapel Royal, St James’s. 21 November 1840: Vicky, Victoria’s first child, is born. Around this time, Victoria gives Albert the keys to the cabinet boxes. 9 November 1841: Birth of Albert Edward (Bertie), Prince of Wales.
Victoria Grant (Dame Julie Andrews) is a poverty-stricken soprano trying to find work in Paris in the 1930s. With the help of a worldly-wise nightclub singer, she invents her alter-ego Victor, a female impersonator who is hired to sing at a fashionable night spot.
Sep 16, 2022 · Victoria's second daughter, Princess Alice, was plagued by tragedy throughout her life—she nursed her father, Prince Albert as he died, a loss which overshadowed Alice's own marriage to Louis IV ...
Sep 14, 2020 · With more than 30 grandchildren growing up in palaces across the continent, Queen Victoria long understood the importance of dynastic marital alliances to extend royal influence. Writing for HistoryExtra, historian Deborah Cadbury examines Queen Victoria’s remarkable European vision and the marriages of her crowned descendants...
