2-324-038 - www.picturethepast.org.uk/A W Bird /Heritage Images

Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 1887. Showing the Friendly Societies demonstration in the Market Place in front of the Exchange building. 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.