Among them are several paintings and gifts exchanged between ... and Albert’s relationship.’ Victoria and Albert: Art and Love will open at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, next ...

For proof that Queen Victoria’s buttoned-up reputation is exaggerated look no further than the gifts she provided Prince ... she bought him Florinda, a large painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter ...

The auction house has previously sold other works by royal artists, including a painting by Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Victoria, which fetched £4,198 (around $5,320) last year.

A new painting of Queen Victoria's goddaughter ... arrived in Dahomey and requested Omoba Aina as a diplomatic gift for Queen Victoria. When she arrived in the UK, Omoba Aina was given the ...

A painting of an African ex-slave who became Queen Victoria’s goddaughter has been ... she was presented as a “diplomatic gift” to a captain of the British navy, Frederick Forbes, and ...