Queen Caroline's bed undergoes conservation | Secrets of a state bed
As supervisor of the furnishing conservation team at Historic Royal Palaces, I am leading ...
Dahlia season at Hampton Court Palace
July marked the start of the dahlia season, but it is as the days ...
Plant hunters: Victorian plants are brought to Kensington Palace
As we all know from our history lessons at school, the Victorian era in ...
Herbs through history: from the Tudors to today
Central to the kitchen garden at Hampton court is its collection of herbs, and ...
Banqueting House: the birth of a revolutionary building
On 1 June 400 years ago, payments ...
‘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 ...
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 ...