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Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 10 February 1840. She chose to wear a white wedding dress made from heavy silk satin, making her one of the first women to wear white for their wedding. [1] [2] The Honiton lace used for her wedding dress proved an important boost to Devon lace-making.
The train of the dress, carried by her bridesmaids, measured 18 feet (5.5 m) long. Queen Victoria described her choice of dress in her journal thus: "I wore a white satin dress, with a deep flounce of Honiton lace, an imitation of an old design. My jewels were my Turkish diamond necklace & earrings & dear Albert's beautiful sapphire brooch." [11]
Victoria and Albert's hopes of a liberal Germany would go unfulfilled, as Wilhelm was a firm believer in autocracy. Victoria thought he had "little heart or Zartgefühl [tact] – and ... his conscience & intelligence have been completely wharped ". [187] Gladstone returned to power after the 1892 general election; he was 82 years old.
The wedding dress of Victoria, Princess Royal, was worn by the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria in 1858. On 25 January 1858, a royal wedding took place that was designed to align the fortunes of Europe's two most important powers, Great Britain and Germany's chief principality, Prussia.
The Royal Order of Victoria and Albert is a British Royal Family Order instituted on 10 February 1862 [1] by Queen Victoria, and enlarged on 10 October 1864, 15 November 1865, and 15 March 1880. No award has been made since the death of Queen Victoria.
Israel Perez, the maître d'hôtel and sommelier at Victoria and Albert's, and Gabriella Syvaniemi, a sous chef at the recently-reopened restaurant, say plans for the new beverage offering have ...
Princess Alexandra arrived in Britain abroad the royal yacht Victoria and Albert on 7 March 1863, just a few months after the engagement. She was received by large crowds as she landed in Gravesend, Kent. She joined the Prince of Wales on the royal train for the journey to London, where she was greeted by an anxious Queen Victoria. [citation ...
Victoria's five daughters (Alice, Helena, Beatrice, Victoria and Louise), photographed wearing mourning black beneath a bust of their late father, Prince Albert (1862) Mourning Dress, 1894–95. In Britain, black is the colour traditionally associated with mourning for the dead.