As the royal family's website puts it, 'Her marriage to Prince Albert in 1840 soon showed up the Palace's shortcomings.' This made Queen Victoria the first reigning monarch to take up residence at Buckingham, though her move did not come without its struggles. Shortly after her accession to the throne, Queen Victoria moved into Buckingham Palace, which was previously owned by her late uncle King William IV.

She was the first member of the Royal family to live at Buckingham Palace.

Edward swiftly married the widowed German princess Victoria (sometimes written as Victoire) of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and together they had Victoria a year later in 1819. However Charlotte tragically died in childbirth before producing an heir, leading her uncles, including Victoria's father, Edward, on a feverish quest to marry and produce a legitimate heir. She was (quite literally) born to be Queen.ĭespite her grandparents, King George III and Queen Charlotte having 15 children, before Victoria was born there was only one legitimate heir to the throne in her generation-King George IV's daughter Princess Charlotte. At birth, Victoria was fifth in the line of succession for the British crown, behind the four eldest sons of George III, including her three uncles and her father, Edward. Born in Kensington Palace on May 24, 1819, Queen Victoria was originally named Alexandrina Victoria, after her godfather, Tsar Alexander I, but always preferred to go by her second name, or the nickname 'Drina.

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