Famous Figures
7 Facts About the Life and Reign of Queen Victoria
3
Article
Few royal monarchs hold as much fascination as England’s Queen Victoria. Her lengthy reign and complex legacy left such a lasting mark on Britain and the world that the era still bears her name. At her birth on May 24, 1819, Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent was only fifth in line to the throne. She was never expected to be queen, but fate had other plans for young “Drina.” Victoria ascended the throne on June 20, 1837, less than a month after her 18th birthday, and ruled for more than 63 years — longer than ...Read More
-
Famous FiguresFact0
British kings had attendants to help them go to the bathroom.
During the reign of Henry VII, a curious job emerged to serve the king of England: the “groom of the stool,” an attendant who helped with the monarch’s toileting.
-
Famous FiguresFact0
President Harry S. Truman was forced to vacate the White House for years.
The dissatisfied President called repairs from Theodore Roosevelt’s administration a “botch job.”
-
Famous FiguresFact0
Ernest Hemingway preferred to write standing up.
Every writer has their own routine, and it’s little surprise that Ernest Hemingway’s was as idiosyncratic as he was.
-
Famous FiguresFact0
Theodore Roosevelt had at least 40 pets at the White House.
Of all of America’s Presidents, no one had more pets than Teddy Roosevelt.