Palaces & Buildings

Man arrested at Buckingham Palace entrance on suspicion of possessing a firearm

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23rd September 2018
A man has been arrested by police on suspicion of possessing a firearm at Buckingham Palace. The 38-year-old was detained by police at the visitor’s entrance to Buckingham Palace after being suspected of having a device, namely a taser. Police have said the arrest is not terror-related. The individual remains in custody at a central London police station. The Queen and members of The Royal…
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Cards from Queen Victoria's children

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17th September 2018
Some of the earliest Christmas cards to survive in the Royal Collection date from the first half of Queen Victoria’s reign. These were handmade by Queen Victoria’s children and are typical of the sentimental nineteenth century; although in the case of the Queen’s family, everything was preserved and nothing too small to commemorate. The German Christmas was properly introduced into England…
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Breakfasting with Queen Victoria

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15th September 2018
Across the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle is a room, clearly visible, jutting out in a pentagon shape amongst the jigsaw of the Clarence, Queen’s, Augusta, York, and Lancaster Towers and King George IV Gate. Part of the private apartments, it was merely called what it…
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Queen Victoria's baby shoes

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14th September 2018
With 2019 marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria, possibly the most symbolic objects to commemorate this historic date, are the baby shoes thought to have been owned by the Queen, which are preserved in the Royal Collection and kept at the Museum of London. The future Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace on 24 May 1819; the shoes date from around 1820. Queen…
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In the footsteps of four royal brides

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7th September 2018
The Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace has provided the setting for many historical events, most particularly royal weddings and christenings, most recently that of HRH Prince George of Cambridge in 2013; it is only ever open to the public for religious services. To enter…
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Loving Albert

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6th September 2018
In Prince & Patron, the Summer Opening Exhibition at Buckingham Palace, a bust of Prince Albert is displayed, labelled simply as ‘William Theed (1804-91) Prince Albert, 1862; marble.’ But it is no ordinary bust, nor is it just one among other memorial busts commissioned by the Queen. The bust had a unique place in the posthumous sculpture made of Prince Albert and was of quite singular…
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