Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy ... orb at the wrong moment and the Archbishop of Canterbury forced a ring on the wrong finger, which took her an hour to remove.

Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838, aged 19. The ceremony took five hours and suffered from a lack of rehearsal. No one except the Queen and Lord John Thynne (Sub-Dean of Westminster acting ...

It will sit with Queen Victoria's coronet and popstar Beyonce's Papillon ring, in the V&A's jewellery gallery. The medieval brooch is the only one of its kind found in the UK - and one of just ...