2-324-036 - www.picturethepast.org.uk/Nottingham City Council /Heritage Images

Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, June 1887. Celebrations in the Market Place in front of the Exchange building. Copied from the Jubilee Celebration Album presented to Sir John Turney. Queen Victoria reigned for nearly 64 years - the longest reign in British history. Her eldest son Albert Edward (Bertie) was 59 when he became king, having been heir apparent for longer than anyone else in British history. Queen Victoria was the last of the Hanoverian Monarchs.