Royal family history

In 1857, Queen Victoria posed for the first royal photo ever, and the world promptly fell in love with photographing royals. Here are some of the more memorable, yet less widely seen, photos of the royal family throughout the years.

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According to author Thomas Quinn, the Queen Mother, who died in 2002, loved gin and tonics that were nine tenths gin and one tenth tonic and was 'potty' during the final 20 years of her life.

The British royal family is loved the world over. Whether you're obsessed with the history of the House of Windsor or just like a good old-fashioned regal institution, there's no denying that the royals are born to serve.

Dressed head-to-toe in white and aged in her thirties, the Queen Mother poses next to her husband, the Duke of York, on the deck of the royal yacht MHY Victoria and Albert in the 1930s.

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