Sure they might have been sticklers for following the rules, but from being courted to dressing up for dinner, some Victorian mandates ... rules everyone in the royal family must follow.

A royal scandal in the Victorian era involving gambling, an illegal card game, and accusations of cheating set the scene for the last time a prince stepped into the witness box in a British court.

A portrait of Queen Victoria of England and her family in 1846. | Culture Club/Getty Images Another common misconception claims a Victorian doctor ... And some of the era’s jokes were downright ...

Before you discount the Victorian era for its notoriously prudish ... Hulton Archive//Getty Images The 1848 engraving of the royal family decorating a tree. The prince sent decorated trees to ...

Letting out a giant burp after a meal in China and Taiwan would be seen as the highest form of compliment, but not so if you were dining in Victorian ... everyone in the royal family must follow.