| NEWWESTMINSTER | 'Royal City' named by Queen Victoria in 1859 when it was the colony of British Columbia's first capital: 2 wds. |
| ROYALENGINEERS | Part of this British army corps founded the Colony of British Columbia |
| AMENDER | Unexpectedly named by Queen, one changing for the better? |
| HARARE | This city was called Salisbury when it was the capital of the federation of Nyasaland and Rhodesia |
| UMTATA | Former name of Mthata, when it was the capital of the Bantu homeland of Transkei (6) |
| BRITISHCOLUMBIA | Province on the west coast of Canada whose name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858 (7,8) |
| MILLAIS | Painter noted for works including Ophelia, Autumn Leaves, Chill October and Bubbles; created a baronet by Queen Victoria in 1885, he was the first artist to be honoured with a hereditary title (7) |
| STAROFINDIA | British order of knighthood founded by Queen Victoria in 1861, but obsolescent since 1948 |
| OTTAWA | The capital of Canada as chosen by Queen Victoria in 1857 (6) |
| DENCH | Actress in the forthcoming Blithe Spirit who has played Queen Victoria in two films and the character "M" in several of the James Bond movies (5) |
| LANDSEER | Admired by Queen Victoria, artist who specialised in paintings of dogs including Newfoundlands and designed the grand lions at the base of Nelson's Column in London (8) |
| ROUEN | With a cathedral depicted in a series of paintings by Monet, a city on the Seine serving as the capi |
| ANDREW | When this prince was born in 1960, HM became the first reigning sovereign to give birth since Queen Victoria in 1857 |
| INDIA | Empress of ___, title assumed by Queen Victoria in 1876 (5) |
| OSBORNE | Name of the house and estate on the Isle of Wight once owned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, us |
| BALMORAL | - Castle; Scottish home of the Royal family since Prince Albert bought it for Queen Victoria in 1852 (8) |
| INTENDANT | Administrative role held by Jean Talon in the colony of New France |
| RESOLUTE | ____ desk, one used by U.S. presidents in the White House given as a gift by Queen Victoria (8) |
| ANACREON | Greek lyric poet who helped found the colony of Abdera in Thrace (8) |
| GILBERT | Sir Humphrey, 16c English navigator who founded the colony of St. John's, Newfoundland (7) |
