All posts tagged "queen victoria"
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Cards from Queen Victoria’s childrenSome of the earliest Christmas cards to survive in the Royal Collection date from the first half of Queen Victoria’s reign....
Blog Posts17th September 2018 -
Queen Victoria’s Album of Important OccasionsIn the Royal Photograph Collection at Windsor is an album which offers a uniquely personal insight into Queen Victoria’s view of...
Blog Posts16th September 2018 -
Breakfasting with Queen VictoriaAcross the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle is a room, clearly visible, jutting out in a pentagon shape amongst the jigsaw of...
Blog Posts15th September 2018 -
Queen Victoria’s baby shoesWith 2019 marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria, possibly the most symbolic objects to commemorate this historic...
Blog Posts14th September 2018 -
In the footsteps of four royal bridesThe Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace has provided the setting for many historical events, most particularly royal weddings and christenings,...
Blog Posts7th September 2018 -
Loving AlbertIn Prince & Patron, the Summer Opening Exhibition at Buckingham Palace, a bust of Prince Albert is displayed, labelled simply as...
Blog Posts6th September 2018 -
The linked hands of Queen Victoria and Prince AlbertAn exquisite oil on panel painting by Franz Xavier Winterhalter, that fashionable artist of European court portraiture, is currently on display...
Blog Posts5th September 2018 -
Queen Victoria’s memoirQueen Victoria kept her journals from the year 1832 up until around two weeks before her death in 1901. Her voluminous...
Blog Posts23rd August 2018 -
Queen Victoria’s King Charles spaniel: Dash‘Islay is still plagued by him every evening—a thing which he much enjoys—and constantly begs for...
Blog Posts21st August 2018 -
Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee Statue at Windsor‘Never, never can I forget this brilliant year… so full of marvellous kindness, loyalty & devotion of so many millions which...
Blog Posts13th August 2018