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“They say no sovereign was ever more loved than I am,” wrote a delighted Queen Victoria in 1844, “and this because of our domestic home, the good example it presents.” At 25, Victoria had been married to her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, for four years and had four children. Completion of the first phase of her new seaside home, Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, included children’s bathrooms with – for the first time in any Royal home – hot and cold water.
Two centuries ago, Victoria and Albert promoted the monarchy as a family affair, with cosy domesticity humanising and democratising the lofty institution. Approvingly, the
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Britain s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh react as they bid farewell to Irish President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina (not pictured) at the end of their official visit at Windsor Castle on April 11, 2014 in Windsor, United Kingdom. Ireland s Michael D. Higgins is making the first state visit by a president of the republic since it gained independence from neighbouring Britain. The visit comes three years after Queen Elizabeth II made a groundbreaking trip to the republic, which helped to heal deep-rooted unease and put British-Irish relations on a new footing. (Photo by Leon Neal-WPA Pool/Getty Images)