Princess Marina, the original royal fashion icon
Before Princess Margaret and Diana, Princess of Wales, there was Princess Marina. Marina was the first of...
Category: Kensington Palace
Diana: Her Fashion Story
‘Diana: Her Fashion Story’ is currently open at Kensington Place and celebrates the life and style...
Conserving history: a Victorian child’s...
A new addition to our Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection, this velvet and silk child’s dress was...
Queen Victoria’s White Wedding
Today, a white dress is synonymous with a traditional wedding, and any other colour can seem...
Reopening a Revealing Exhibition on Queen Victoria
This month, Victoria Revealed, an exhibition about the life of Queen Victoria, reopened at Kensington Palace...
Kensington Palace’s most magnificent clock
In the mid-1720s, George I commissioned architect William Kent to redesign his state apartments at Kensington...
Queen Victoria’s petticoat wrapped up!
In the last post we saw how Queen Victoria’s petticoat has been conserved. It is now...
Kensington Palace Gains a Throne Canopy
Its doors briefly closed, the Presence Chamber at Kensington Palace has reopened with a throne canopy...
Queen Victoria’s petticoat: underwear...
In the last post we saw how Queen Victoria’s petticoat was wet cleaned. Now the cream...
Queen Victoria’s Petticoat takes a bath
In our previous post we learned about the condition of Queen Victoria’s petticoat. Today I want to...