‘Dear old palace’: Victoria’s...
The State Apartments at Kensington Palace opened to the public on the 24th May 1899, Queen...
Tag: Queen Victoria
Oh Christmas Tree! O Tannenbaum!
All of the curatorial team at Historic Royal Palaces wish all of our readers a very...
Queen Victoria’s jacket
An addition to the HRP Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection is this beautiful pink embroidered jacket, once owned...
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...
Victorian Gift Guide, Issue #5 December 1867
In many ways, Christmas as we know it was designed by the Victorians. Although the day...
Queen Victoria’s petticoat wrapped up!
In the last post we saw how Queen Victoria’s petticoat has been conserved. It is now...
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...