FeaturesHistoryInsight

Personal items of Queen Victoria acquired by Historic Royal Palaces

By
2nd November 2018
Some personal items belonging to Queen Victoria have been acquired by Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity which maintains Kensington Palace, ahead of the bicentenary of the Queen’s birth in 2019, which the palace will celebrate with a new exhibition and re-presentation of the visitor route, as announced in a Historic Royal Palaces press release on 3 September 2018. Kensington Palace…
Read more
FeaturesHistory

Ella: The birth of Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna

By
1st November 2018
‘Saw good Mrs Clark, returned from Darmstadt, who gave me an excellent account of Alice, the Baby & dear little Victoria’(Quoted in Charlotte Zeepvat, From Cradle to Crown, 13). With these words, Queen Victoria recorded in her journal for 13 December 1864, that she had seen Mrs Clark, the nurse who had attended the confinement in Darmstadt of her second daughter, Alice, Princess…
Read more
FeaturesHistory

Queen Victoria's Widow's Cap

By
31st October 2018
The white caps worn by Queen Victoria have – correctly – come to be regarded as a symbol for her widowhood. They represent one of the few contrasts in colour to the deepest mourning that she adopted after 1861, as a declaration in textile, of the colossal…
FeaturesHistory

Remembering Alice, Duchess of Gloucester

By
29th October 2018
She had been an integral part of the House of Windsor for almost seventy years; she was the oldest ever member of the Royal Family, and she had lived an adventure packed life that broke the regal mould in many ways. The death of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, on October 29th 2004, brought to an end a fascinating and often overlooked royal story. Alice had lived quietly and discreetly, but…
Read more
British RoyalsFeaturesHistoryRoyal WeddingsThe Sussexes

Harry and Meghan's wedding exhibition opens at Windsor

By
27th October 2018
The wedding dress of the Duchess of Sussex is now on display at Windsor Castle. The gown chosen by Meghan for her marriage at St George’s Chapel at the castle is part of an exhibition on the big day which also features uniform worn by the Duke of Sussex. The bridesmaid and pageboy outfits worn by Princess Charlotte and Prince George are on display, too, but the star attraction is undoubtedly…
Read more