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 ...

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Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun opens with a runaway locomotive barreling straight down the tracks toward you. Before it reaches your point of view, however, the scene switches to quick clips of key ...

Princess Gouramma of Coorg became Queen Victoria's goddaughter. This symbolized British imperial triumph. The Coorg War led to her father's defeat. Later, they traveled to England. Queen Victoria ...

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 ...

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 ...

For anti-colonial thinkers of the last century, decolonization was not a mere transfer of power. It was about reparation, including repair of the self. “Decolonization is the veritable creation of new ...