Queen victoria and prince albert

This month, to mark the 200th anniversary of Prince Albert's birth, more than 17,500 photographs, prints, and official papers relating to Queen Elizabeth's consort are being made available to the public online by the Royal Collection Trust.

“Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Home at...

The sizzling scenes between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert have eclipsed Poldark thanks to their bodice-ripping intensity - and the real-life relationship was every bit as lusty.

Painting of the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1840.

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Download this stock image: Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Consort Albert (1819-1961) and their Family (from top left, going across and then down): Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa), German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Fred - G3CTRM from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert take to the dance floor. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Buckingham Palace, 11 May 1854 (after a Drawing Room), by Roger Fenton This photograph is included in the exhibition Victoria & Albert: Art & Love at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, until 5 December 2010. The Royal Collection © 2010, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

To the outside world Queen Victoria and Prince Albert seemed the embodiment of domestic bliss, but the reality was very different.