Queen Victoria reigned over the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from June 20, 1837, until her death in 1901. Her and her husband, Prince Albert, shared a legendary love affair that earned its place in the history books. After meeting Prince Albert, Queen Victoria fell madly in love and eventually proposed to him.
Shortly after their engagement, Albert wrote to Victoria: “I need not tell you that since we left, all my thoughts have been with you at Windsor and that your image fills my whole soul. Even in my dreams I never imagined that I should find so much love on earth.”
The coupled married in 1840 and had nine children together. Tragically, Prince Albert died of typhoid fever in 1861. After his death, Queen Victoria fell into a deep despair, as illustrated in a letter she wrote to her eldest daughter: “how I, who leant on him for all and everything – without whom I did nothing, moved not a finger, arranged not a print or photograph, didn’t put on a gown or bonnet if he didn’t approve it shall go on, to live, to move, to help myself in difficult moments?”
Queen Victoria continued to mourn her beloved husband by wearing black for the remaining 40 years of her life!
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