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Dash (1830–1840) was a King Charles Spaniel owned by Queen Victoria. Victoria's biographer Elizabeth Longford , called him "the Queen's closest childhood companion", [ 1 ] and in the words of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , he "was the first in a long line of beloved little dogs".
Queen Victoria and her close family kept numerous pet animals, including: Fatima – a Pug; Alma – a possible Thoroughbred given by King Victor Emmanuel [2] Dandie – a Skye Terrier [3] Dash – a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel [1] Eos – a greyhound which Prince Albert brought from Germany [1] Flora – a Highland pony given by King Victor ...
Queen Victoria's Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore and the Royal Burial Ground (front). The Royal Burial Ground is a cemetery used by the British royal family.Consecrated on 23 October 1928 by the Bishop of Oxford, it is adjacent to the Royal Mausoleum, which was built in 1862 to house the tomb of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Gen. George Custer. West Point, New York The Civil War general most famous for his "last stand" at the Battle of Little Big Horn can be found in the West Point Cemetery alongside many other ...
Among those is a monument to Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt (1843–1878), Victoria's second daughter, who died of diphtheria shortly after her youngest daughter May (1874–1878). [15] In the centre of the chapel is a monument to Edward, Duke of Kent, Victoria's father. He died in 1820 and is buried in St George's Chapel ...
Former royal footman Steven Kaye is sharing rare details about Queen Elizabeth’s dogs, including the “regal” room they reside in at Buckingham Palace. In an interview with Slingo, Kaye ...
This story was published in May 2022, ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. On September 8, 2022, the Queen passed away, placing her son, King Charles III on the throne. For a woman who ...
In the centre of the chapel is a monument to Edward, Duke of Kent, Victoria's father. He died in 1820 and is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor. One of the sculptures is of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in Saxon dress, commissioned after Prince Albert's death and executed by William Theed (1804–91).