During her lifetime, Queen Victoria was the widow-par-excellence ... Until well into the twentieth century, women still wore ...

while she asked to be dressed in a white dress and wedding veil, along with a white pall for her coffin. A note accompanying the lace reads: "Portion of the Pall that covered Queen Victoria's ...

The wedding veils of many members of the Royal Family (inlcuding Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Diana) were made on machines just like this at the Heathcoat Factory. John ...