Queen Victoria was the first monarch to take up ... Prince Albert's greatest achievement, held in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park. The young royal couple, with their many children, embodied ...

When it was first opened in 1887 by Queen Victoria, the People's Palace was built to provide ... In an era where the South reveled in the Crystal Palace, the North in Alexandra Palace, and the West in ...

with one former queen even finding herself basically "imprisoned" in Kensington Palace. Queen Victoria had a long and successful reign, making it hard to believe that she was ever anything but in ...