Queen Victoria restored the reputation ... At just 4ft 11in tall, Victoria was a towering presence as a symbol of her Empire. She and her husband Albert and their nine children came to symbolise ...

The diamond ... Queen Victoria in 1849. “A campaign has sprung up in India urging Britain to return it,” noted The Times, but the diamond is also claimed by Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. The ...

But one thing was missing from her elaborate outfit: the jewel-encrusted Imperial State Crown ... Victoria Murphy, journalist and author, said there have been a number of "gradual tweaks" to the ...

The Queen Consort will ... was set in a brooch for Queen Victoria. It was eventually incorporated into the Crown Jewels. Claims to rightful ownership of the diamond have also been made by some ...