Prunella Scales returns to role of Queen Victoria for Edinburgh fringe show
The Fawlty Towers actor has often played the monarch in the past and has now recorded audio for a new production at the festival
July 2023
The Empress review – resonant survival tales of Victorian Britain
Tanika Gupta’s historical drama has only got more relevant since 2013, but there’s an awful lot of migration stories to get through in three hours
May 2023
Buckingham Palace declines to return remains of ‘stolen’ Ethiopian prince, say reports
Notes and queries
Readers reply: why do Americans use the term ‘Victorian’?
Notes and queries
Why do Americans use the term ‘Victorian’?
Air conditioning in the royal coach? A historian on coronation ‘traditions’
January 2023
Beware the ‘spare’: let’s drop the need for a second-in-line, and let Harry be the last
Kate Williams
Heirs’ early deaths are a lot less common these days, so Britain should copy European royalty and let No 2s work unimpeded, says history professor Kate Williams
October 2022
The palace is dripping in diamonds, so why bring out the disputed Koh-i-noor?
Catherine Bennett
The jewel in the last queen consort’s crown was plundered from India. Camilla doesn’t have to wear it
September 2022
Rock’n’roll or Thatcherism: which will the new Elizabethan era be remembered for?
Matthew Engel
‘She has been the one and only stable female in my life’: Jeanette Winterson on mourning the Queen
August 2022
Great Seal heist: Queen Victoria’s gift to Norfolk Islanders stolen, with rebellious motives suspected
Descendants of HMS Bounty mutineers received the seal when handed the former prison colony
May 2022
‘The lady without legs or arms’: how an artist shattered Victorian ideas about disability
The achievements of Sarah Biffin, once a fairground attraction, are recognised in a new exhibition
April 2022
Art of diplomacy: 300 years of Japanese art in Britain’s royal collection
A Queen’s Gallery exhibition tells the story of centuries of artistic and cultural exchange between east and west
February 2022
‘A time for reflection’: Queen prepares for first accession day without Philip
Marking 70 years on the throne will be a private occasion of mixed feelings for the monarch
October 2021
First penny black stamp could fetch up to £6m at auction
Book of the day
The Secret Royals by Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac review – spying and the crown
August 2021
Amazing Grace: artist’s tribute casts new light on Victorian rescue heroine
Grace Darling’s role in saving the survivors of a shipwreck off Northumberland is to be commemorated on the anniversary of the feat
December 2020
Foie gras, truffles, birds drowned in brandy: a menu fit for Queen Victoria
A royal lunch served at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire forms part of an exhibition on its kitchen
October 2020
New portrait of Queen Victoria's African goddaughter unveiled
Painting of Sarah Forbes Bonetta part of English Heritage project to highlight overlooked black figures
June 2020
How statues fared after independence
Letter:Prof Sarah Ansari on symbols of imperialism in Pakistan and India
