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Victoria (r. 1837-1901)

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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Scrapbook

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The Royal Family in 1846

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Queen Victoria's reflections on travelling by rail in 1842

Today The Queen is attending the opening celebrations for the Borders Railway, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh.
Queen Victoria, the second longest reigning British Monarch after The Queen, was the first British Monarch to travel by train. In 1842 Her Majesty described the journey from Slough to Paddington as 'delightful, & so quick' in her journal.

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

Prince Albert

BBC Proms celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth

Published 16 August 2019

Timeline: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

The Duchess of Cambridge opens the V&A's new photography centre

Published 8 October 2018

The Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore

Royal Residences: Balmoral Castle

Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and Early British Photography

Queen Victoria's journals

Queen Victoria Twitter account

Queen Victoria and train travel