LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: Queen Victoria, also known as Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, was reputedly of diminutive stature, measuring approximately 4 ft 11 in (152 cm/1.52 m) in height.

As the former monarch of the United Kingdom, she held the title for an impressive 63 years and 216 days, surpassing the reigns of all her predecessors. This remarkable period in history, characterized by her rule, is commonly referred to as the Victorian era.

The United Kingdom underwent substantial industrial, political, scientific, and military transformations during Queen Victoria’s reign. Despite these grand changes, Queen Victoria herself was notably small in stature.

Queen Victoria was shorter than Queen Elizabeth

Victoria, who was about 4 ft 11 in (152 cm) tall, was shorter than Queen Elizabeth II, who reportedly stood at about 5 ft 4 in (163 cm/ 1.63 m) tall. Despite their differences in height, both queens had significant reigns over the United Kingdom.

Queen Victoria's height compared to Prince Albert

Queen Victoria, despite her petite stature, was a significant figure in British history and holds the record for the shortest reign among British monarchs.

On the other hand, her husband Prince Albert was a tall prince, standing at 5 ft 10 in (178 cm/ 1.78 m) as per IMDb. They shared a deep bond and had a profound influence on each other and the monarchy.

The couple shared a deep bond, and it was the queen who proposed to the prince on October 15, 1839, a mere five days after his arrival at Windsor. They exchanged their vows on 10 February 1840, at the Chapel Royal of St James's Palace in London.

Victoria was deeply in love and spent the evening after their wedding lying down with a headache. However, she expressed her ecstasy in her diary, "I never, never spent such an evening!! My dearest dearest dear Albert ... his excessive love & affection gave me feelings of heavenly love & happiness I never could have hoped to have felt before! per Town & Country

'Queen Victoria was a charming, lady-like petite woman'

In 1846, a visitor from America who attended a reception of Queen Victoria in London described her as a "charming, lady-like petite woman" with a height that "does not exceed five feet," as per History Extra.

In her latest biography of Queen Victoria, historian Lucy Worsley shares an intriguing detail. She reveals that Thomas Sully, the artist behind one of the most beautiful early portraits of the young queen in 1838, claimed to have measured her height precisely. According to Sully, Queen Victoria stood exactly 5 ft 1¼ in tall when measured with a tape measure.