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 ...

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

Queen Victoria influenced the modern white color as she did for her bridal gown. As veils became more of a fashion in Western ...