Yahoo

The complicated history of Queen Victoria's colonial godchildren, who became symbols of assimilation and civilization in the British Empire

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 ...
NDTV

How Queen Victoria Once Ran World's Biggest Drug Racket

Queen Victoria also enjoyed cocaine, legal at the time. Go back just over 150 years, and you find the person at the front and centre of one of the world's biggest drug empires wasn't a cartel or ...
BBC

Victorian Britain

Victoria became queen at the age of 18 after the death of her uncle, William IV. She reigned for more than 60 years, longer than any other British monarch. Her reign was a period of significant social ...

Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Khalsa Empire (1801–1839): The only major Indian kingdom the British failed to conquer during his lifetime

Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Khalsa Empire (1801–1839) stood as the only major Indian power the British couldn’t conquer during his lifetime. Centred at Lahore Fort, enriched by the Koh-i-Noor, world-class ...
CNN

Opinion: The British Empire: A legacy of violence?

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, an author and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Raised in London, Bergen has a ...