Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection Archives

Queen Victoria’s jacket

An addition to the HRP Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection is this beautiful pink embroidered jacket, once owned...

A new addition to our Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection, this velvet and silk child’s dress was...

By 14 February 1840 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had been married four days. Like any...

As curators, we spend a lot of the time immersed in libraries and archives. Research is certainly...

This year at Hampton Court we’re celebrating nature and gardens with a new exhibition, The Empress...

Diplomatic events never fail to entertain people who are interested in fashion. What the Duchess of...

The Magic Garden Project at Hampton Court Palace is currently well under way, with hundreds of...

We have ravens. We have ghosts. We have priceless art and lots of history. We also...

When I’m out and about giving a talk, people often ask me how and why television...

Made in striking bright red silk, it is a rare and early example of machine knitting,...