Tag: Queen Victoria

• Victoria’s God-daughter

  

  Dressed in the highest fashions of the 1860’s, a princess looks deeply into the camera as she takes direction from one of London’s busiest photographers. Surrounded by foliage and the ‘shelter’ of a tree with a classical column in the background to accentuate her status and class, effortlessly exuding a regal command that was only…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  October 10, 2019

  Africa, Biography, Black History Month, History, Women

  Arica, Black History Month, Brighton, Camille Silvy, God-daughter, Lagos, Madeira, photography, Portugal, Princess, Queen Victoria, Society

• Who is buried under St George’s Chapel?

  

  On the 8th September 2022, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away. Aged 96, Elizabeth was the second-longest reigning monarch in history with a reign of 70 years and 214 days. This is just behind Louis XIV of France, whose record of 72 years and 110 days still remains. The Queen was several things. A…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  May 18, 2018

  Biography, Family, History, Royal, Women

  Elizabeth II, funeral, George IV, history, Prince, Prince Philip, Queen Victoria, Royal, The Queen, tomb, Vault, Windsor, womens history

• Ashes to Ashes

  

  As the world goes mad and Summer has made way for Autumn, on a rare day off I decided to have a stroll around North London. It wasn’t around a Cemetery, for once. I know, I know. Considering that 75% of us decide to be cremated nowadays, I thought I’d take a slight tangent from…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  November 21, 2016

  American, Crematorium, London, People

  America, Amy Winehouse, Ashes, California, Comedy, Crematoirum, Entertainment, Love, Musician, New York, North London, Queen Victoria, Surgeon