Queen victoria children

To the outside world Queen Victoria and Prince Albert seemed the embodiment of domestic bliss, but the reality was very different.

Queen Victoria and her favorite son, Prince Arthur, duke of Connaught , in his 20th birthday.

Queen Victoria didn't just head up an Empire as the mother to nine children she also earned the title of Grandmother of Europe. Who were Queen Victoria's children?

Queen Victoria with her granddaughter Princess Charlotte of Prussia and daughter Princess Beatrice

Four generations. Infanta Beatriz, sitting in front, with (from left) her grandmother Princess Beatrice of Battenberg, nee of UK, mother Queen "Ena" of Spain, nee Princess "Ena" of Battenberg, and 1st child, daughter Princess Sandra Vittoria Torlonia (held by Queen "Ena"),

In 2004, Nick Locock tried to prove he was the great-grandson of Princess Louise (pictured) one of Queen Victoria's five daughters.

The iconic Queen had a complicated relationship with her nine children.

On her Coronation day the 18-year-old wrote of her awe at seeing ‘the millions of my loyal subjects who were assembled’ and even her adored husband Albert was not immune from her frightful tantrums.

When Victoria, newly crowned queen of England at the young age of 18, fell in love with and married her German first cousin Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840, both came to the marriage with v…

Photograph of a full length group portrait of Queen Victoria and her children. The group are positioned, from left to right, Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Queen Victoria, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Victoria, Princess Royal. Queen Victoria is seated at the centre of the group. Princess Helena rests her head in her mothers lap. Photograph is a copy of a daguerreotype. A similar daguerreotype exists in the Royal Collection, in which Queen Victoria has scratched...