Banqueting House: the birth of a revolutionary building

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Historic Royal Palaces

  On 1 June 400 years ago, payments ...

‘Little Vickelchen’: sketches of Queen Victoria as a girl

Posted on May 26, 2019 by Historic Royal Palaces

Victoria hiding under a blanket, by Lady Elizabeth Keith Heathcote, ...

Researching and redecorating Queen Victoria’s childhood home

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Lucy Worsley

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...

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Joanna Marschner

Illustration depicting Queen Victoria arriving at Kensington Palace on 15 ...

Two early Tudor buildings unearthed at Hampton Court Palace

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Historic Royal Palaces

The West Front in the mid-18th Century, sketch by John ...

A Maharaja's daughter at Hampton Court: the story of Catherine Duleep...

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Historic Royal Palaces

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

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Historic Royal Palaces

“How do you know?”  I’ve been asked this a lot recently when I’ve been talking ...

Cribbage by candlelight

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Historic Royal Palaces

Four carriages, a baggage car and a curate on horseback are just about to ...

Royal Rebels: British royals and international designers

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Historic Royal Palaces

‘British royal women should wear British clothes!’ This is how we tend to think ...