Albertopolis: Age of Empire

In 1851 Prince Albert husband of Queen Victoria held The Great Exhibition. It promoted the best of the British Empire with exhibits brought from all over the world. It was a runaway success and with the large profit generated Albert purchased a large swath of west London on which he planned to build “An Area Of Culture And Learning” This corner of London came to be known Albertopolis and this is where Katy Haswell explores today.