Queen Victoria had several wards and godchildren from British colonies, including Africa and India. The godchildren were treated like family, but also subject to strict control, according to ...
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Meet the Indian royal princess who became Queen Victoria’s ‘goddaughter’ but forgotten legacy of empire
At just 11 years old, Princess Gouramma of Coorg became the goddaughter of Queen Victoria, symbolizing what many in Britain viewed as a triumph of empire and civilizing mission. But behind the fanfare ...
Beginning with the birth of Queen Victoria, this episode explores the changes brought to Britain by the industrial revolution. By the 1840s, urban migration has created overcrowding and extremes in ...
Who was the most notorious drug kingpin of all time? You might think it was Pablo Escobar, or maybe El Chapo—but you’d be wrong. More than 100 years before those guys were born, there was an ...
The ‘Grandmother of Europe’, who mourned her husband for over 40 years and whose reign witnessed immense change and expansion of the British Empire, becoming the second-longest-reigning British ...
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