Queen Victoria had twelve bridesmaids.
What do we know about them? What did they wear? Certainly the Queen
– as might be expected – had a greater number of bridesmaids than
her daughters would at their weddings, eight being a recurring
choice. We can see them clustered in pairs in Sir George Hayter’s
large painting The Marriage of Queen Victoria, 10 February 1840,
gathered respectfully…
In the Queen’s bedroom at Osborne House,
may be found a quite extraordinary chintz pattern. Used for the bed
hangings of the Queen’s bed, as well as the sofa and curtains, the
material has been adopted in a modern context for the room, having
originally been for the…
Of Queen Victoria’s nine children, one
alone was born at Windsor Castle. This royal child was also
christened there. This was the second son of the Queen and Prince
Albert, baptised in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle on 6
September 1844. This child would be Prince…
On the eve of her wedding to Prince
Albert, Queen Victoria received a sapphire diamond-bordered brooch.
It was an item of personal jewellery to which she would attach
intense sentimental importance. It became in a way, a symbol of her
marriage to Prince Albert and she valued it so highly that on her
death, she willed it to the Crown to prevent its being given on
further within the Royal Family. It…
In the summer of 1894, the Tsarevich
Nicholas came to England as a guest of Queen Victoria, first
staying for a brief few days with his fiancée, Princess Alix of
Hesse, at Walton-on-Thames before continuing to Windsor Castle.
This was a blissful period for a young couple…
Starting off July on a busy note,
Princess Anne had two engagements in West Cumbria earlier this
week. The Princess Royal opened The Whitehaven Campus, which
combines Mayfield School with St Benedict’s Catholic High School. A
£30 million campus, the site had opened its…
In honour of The Queen’s Holyrood Week,
we’re taking a look at royal history in and around Edinburgh. Our
senior reporter Kristin Contino headed to Scotland to find out more
about some favourite royal spots. “Britannia is the one place where
I can truly relax,” The Queen once said, and when you tour the ship
for yourself, you can understand exactly why. The decommissioned
yacht, now…
They were an unexpected king and queen
and their royal romance has weathered several storms but today King
Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium will mark their sixtieth
wedding anniversary. The couple, who married on July 2nd 1959
in Brussels, will celebrate surrounded by…
Northampton Museums own a pair of flat
shoes, believed to be those worn by Queen Victoria on her wedding
day, 10 February 1840. Of white satin, they certainly would have
complimented the Queen’s own simple wedding dress of finely woven
Spitalfields silk satin in her own…
Recently, people have complained that the
Duchess of Sussex appears to have altered her engagement ring. To
them, she has changed a “piece of history”, adding that as such
it’s not fashion that should be changed. I’m going to have to
respectfully disagree with this. It’s HER engagement ring given to
HER by her now husband. Her choice doesn’t impact us. For all we
know, she may have…
