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to integrate the fittings and furniture from the Royal Pavilion

in Brighton into the new spaces,” she says, adding that

“Albert also took a particular interest in the organisation

of the royal household.”

Apart from the dress worn by Victoria to the Stuart

Ball, the exhibition at Buckingham Palace includes the

Supertunica, a full-length embroidered coat made of gold

silk cloth worn by Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey

during her coronation in 1838. There is also a cradle

made for Princess Louise and a tabard that is believed to

have been worn by a page at the Plantagenet-themed

costume ball held by Victoria in 1842.

Many more rare outfits and jewels worn by the queen are

showcased at Victoria: Woman and Crown. And among some of

the queen’s many mourning outfits on display is a rare

bodice with a white patch on the neck. “We think it was to

show her dresser how dirty her black dress was, because it

was otherwise hard to tell,” Putnam explains.

QUEEN VICTORIA’S

PALACE

Date: Jul 20 to Sep 29

Venue: Buckingham Palace

VICTORIA: WOMAN

AND CROWN

Date: Until Jan 5, 2020

Venue: Kensington Palace

VICTORIA: A ROYAL

CHILDHOOD

Date: Permanent

Venue: Kensington Palace

MUCH ADO ABOUT

QUEEN VICTORIA

THREE EXHIBITIONS THAT MARK THE BICENTENARY

OF THE BRITISH MONARCH’S BIRTH

A watercolour by Louis Haghe — the only surviving record of the Buckingham Palace ballroom added by Queen Victoria,

with the original Italian Renaissance-inspired decoration devised by Albert’s artistic mentor, Ludwig Gruner

PHOTOS: ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST/HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II 2019

The 1843

“secret

painting”

of Queen

Victoria by

Franz Xaver

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