'Dear old palace': Victoria's visit to her childhood home at...
Illustration depicting Queen Victoria arriving at Kensington Palace on 15 ...
What's growing on in the kitchen garden this year?
A view of the kitchen garden. In 2014, a reconstructed ...
A tulip spectacle in the Hampton Court gardens
Whenever I think of tulips I can’t help but start singing that lovely song ...
Falling in love with Auriculas: the most demanding and beautiful...
Primula auricula are the acknowledged ‘divas’ of the plant world.
Originating from the alpine meadows ...
Designing for a Princess: Sassoon sketches on display at Kensington...
Alas, the exhibition Diana: Her Fashion Story is now closed. For two years, seeing ...
Two early Tudor buildings unearthed at Hampton Court Palace
The West Front in the mid-18th Century, sketch by John ...
Florimania: an exhibition diary
Historic Royal Palaces have been hosting Florimania for over 20 years for Mother’s Day ...
Badass queens in history for International Women's Day
“Without him I disappear.” These poignant words were said by Katherine Parr – a ...
A Maharaja's daughter at Hampton Court: the story of Catherine Duleep...
Catherine and her sisters, Sophia and Bamba, were granted Grace and Favour accommodation in ...
Why we need to stop looking for sex: letters and LGBT+ royal history
“How do you know?”
I’ve been asked this a lot recently when I’ve been talking ...