Woman’s Weekly New Zealand – August 05, 2019

back in time

Nearly 200

yearsafter

hercoronation,

Victoria’s throne

sits proud.

Victoria’s 200th birthday.”

Historian Dr Amanda

Foreman, another curator of

the exhibition, says the Queen

(93) loved her sneak peek.

“She was totally engrossed.”

Exhibits include personal

items, including some of

Victoria’s gowns, the first baby

shoes of her eldest son Prince

Albert Edward, who became

Edward VII, plus a specially

Ma’am wants that

one! The Queen

surveys a table laid

for dessert, just as

it would have

looked to Victoria.

The State Dining Room

is made over with a

recreation of a royal

Victorian dinner.

Nearly 200