The Year of Queen Victoria – Victoria and Albert’s grandchildren
Queen Victoria married her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Together they went on to have nine children and 42 grandchildren. Only Princess […]
Alexandra of Denmark
The royal monuments at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle
St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle is perhaps the most impressive part of the entire complex at Windsor. The present chapel was begun by King […]
Mary of Teck – A lifetime of gracious service (Part four)
Read part one here. Read part two here. Read part three here. The following year saw Mary suffer another tragedy. Her sixth and youngest child, […]
Mary of Teck – A lifetime of gracious service (Part two)
Read part one here. On 22 January 1892, Mary returned to White Lodge with her parents. She wrote, “It is so difficult to begin one’s […]
Mary of Teck – A lifetime of gracious service (Part one)
Princess Mary of Teck was born on 26 May 1867 as the eldest child of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge and Prince Francis of Teck, […]
Dress belonging to Alexandra of Denmark discovered
A black silk and velvet evening gown embellished with beads and sequins that used to belong to Alexandra of Denmark, who became Queen of the […]
