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    Articles about the real history behind TV drama Victoria, starring Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes

    A portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with five of their nine children, by Frederick Winterhalter. (Photo by © Historical Picture Archive/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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    Queen Victoria and Prince Albert: was their union a marriage of misery?

    The opening of the Great Exhibition by Queen Victoria on 1 May 1851. (The Print Collector/Getty Images)
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    “A wonder of the world”: Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition at the famous Crystal Palace

    Queen Victoria refused to wear her crimson velvet robes of state for her wedding to Albert. Instead, she opted for a dress of pure white and “simple magnificence”. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)
    Victorian

    “Nothing could have gone off better”: the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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    'The Young Victoria' follows the early relationship of Victoria and her beloved Prince Albert. The monarch was played by Emily Blunt in the 2009 film. (Images by Bettmann/Getty Images/Alamy)
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    Leading ladies in love: 6 historical movies to watch this Valentine’s Day

    Portrait of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband and consort. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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    What killed Prince Albert?

    Portrait of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband and consort. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
    Victorian

    8 fascinating facts about Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert

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    Inside Osborne: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s island residence

    Queen Victoria pictured c1862 during her period of mourning after the death of her husband, Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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    Prince Albert: the death that rocked the monarchy

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