Queen Victoria

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901, Victoria became the defining royal figure of an era of industrial change and British imperial expansion. She ruled as a constitutional monarch and later held the title Empress of India.

The day shown

Windsor Castle · 1838

Charles Greville described Victoria’s established Windsor routine after a stay at court in December 1838, early in her reign. Official business, riding and evening company shaped the day. This is an eyewitness account of that period, rather than Victoria’s own journal or a lifelong pattern.