Palaces and Censuses
Today sees the publication of the 1921 Census of England and Wales. The census is usually...
Tag: Queen Victoria
Celebrating Mother’s Day 2021 at the palaces
However you’re celebrating today, a very happy Mother’s Day from Historic Royal Palaces! Through the centuries, the...
HRP Handover: Zeinab Badawi on Sarah Forbes...
Welcome to our second HRP Handover blog for Black History Month 2020! Throughout October we’re inviting...
Who wore it? Researching Queen Victoria’s...
With the exhibition, Victoria: Woman and Crown, coming to an end at Kensington Palace, Curatorial Assistant...
Outliers: Queen Victoria’s right-hand woman
Season Two of Historic Royal Palaces’ Outliers podcast is here – our history fiction podcast that...
Monarchy’s moderniser: Prince Albert of...
Today is the 200th birthday of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861). Professor John R Davis, director of...
Queen Victoria: a life in bed
I would not want to give the impression that Queen Victoria (1819-1901) was a lazy queen....
The Empress of India: a community engagement...
Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India in 1877. India had been under crown control since...
‘Little Vickelchen’: sketches of Queen...
As an old lady, Queen Victoria is an icon. Instantly recognisable, swathed in black, face grim-set...
Researching and redecorating Queen Victoria’s...
On 24th May 1819 at Kensington Palace, Queen Victoria was born. On 24th May 2019, her...