Monarchy’s moderniser: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Today is the 200th birthday of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861). Professor John R Davis, ...
Category: Kensington Palace
Plant hunters: Victorian plants are brought to Kensington Palace
As we all know from our history lessons at school, the Victorian era in ...
Queen Victoria: a life in bed
I would not want to give the impression that Queen Victoria (1819-1901) was a ...
Wildflowers bloom at Kensington Palace
After a lot of hard work this winter by the gardens team at Kensington ...
The Empress of India: a community engagement project
Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India in 1877. India had been under crown ...
‘Little Vickelchen’: sketches of Queen Victoria as a girl
Victoria hiding under a blanket, by Lady Elizabeth Keith Heathcote, ...
Researching and redecorating Queen Victoria’s childhood home
On 24th May 1819 at Kensington Palace, Queen Victoria was born. On 24th May ...
'Dear old palace': Victoria's visit to her childhood home at...
Illustration depicting Queen Victoria arriving at Kensington Palace on 15 ...
Designing for a Princess: Sassoon sketches on display at Kensington...
Alas, the exhibition Diana: Her Fashion Story is now closed. For two years, seeing ...