Blog Posts
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Royal Pictures from History: Parties for Elizabeth II’s CoronationThe Queen was crowned 66 years ago today. The coronation of Elizabeth II took place at Westminster Abbey and while the...
2nd June 2019 -
Royal Pictures from History: A Queen is CrownedThe Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place 66 years ago today. The young monarch, who had succeeded to the throne...
2nd June 2019 -
Tiara Focus: Cartier Halo TiaraThe Cartier Halo Tiara earned its way into the royal history books when it was worn by Miss Catherine Middleton when...
1st June 2019 -
Was Queen Victoria a Victorian?Was Queen Victoria a Victorian? The question is a complex and fascinating one to answer. In the immediate response, Victoria would...
31st May 2019 -
‘To dear Miss Robson’: Cards to a Royal GovernessThe name of Miss M. Hope Robson belongs to that both visible and invisible host of British royal nannies and governesses...
31st May 2019 -
Queen Victoria’s Children’s Story: The Adventures of Alice LasellesAged 10 ¾ years old, Princess Victoria composed a story. This delightful children’s tale, written by the future Queen, survives in...
27th May 2019 -
Finding a ‘lost’ photograph of Princess Alix of HessePrincess Alix of Hesse, later Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, visited the Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate in 1894 to take a cure...
27th May 2019 -
Finding a ‘lost’ gift on the birth of a royal baby: Queen Victoria #200Charlotte Heidenreich von Siebold (1788-1859), referred to in most biographies of Queen Victoria simply as Madame Siebold, is a name often...
24th May 2019 -
Queen Victoria #200: Revisiting the birth of Queen VictoriaOn 24 May 1819, a baby girl was born whose birth would be of overwhelming importance but on whose delivery it...
24th May 2019 -
Finding the grave of Queen Victoria’s childhood nurseMrs Brock was the future Queen Victoria’s nurse. Called by her ‘dear Boppy’ (op. cit., Christopher Hibbert, Queen Victoria, A Personal...
23rd May 2019