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Charles Robert Leslie (1794–1859), Queen Victoria Receiving the Sacrament at her Coronation, 28 June 1838, Royal Collection I was awoke at four o'clock by the guns in the Park, and could not get much sleep afterwards on account of the noise of the people, bands, etc., etc. Got up at seven, feeling strong and well; the Park presented a curious ...
By 1836, Victoria's maternal uncle Leopold, who had been King of the Belgians since 1831, hoped to marry her to Prince Albert, [23] the son of his brother Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Leopold arranged for Victoria's mother to invite her Coburg relatives to visit her in May 1836, with the purpose of introducing Victoria to Albert. [24]
The Queen's robes – Information and images of Queen Elizabeth II's 1947 wedding dress "Fashion Drawing and Illustration in the 20th Century". Victoria & Albert Museum. 13 August 2013. Nikkhah, Roya (28 October 2012). "Queen's role as international trend-setter exhibited in new show of Hartnell and Amies couture". The Telegraph.
Victoria wearing her Supertunica under a robe Queen Victoria 's Supertunica was 130 centimetres (51 in) long and made on yellow warp with gold thread through it. It is brocaded in silk of different colours with a scroll design using roses, thistles, shamrocks and palm leaves.
Case in point: Queen Victoria's coronation invitation, which was sent in 1838. This one, written on parchment and signed by the queen herself, is dated May 9, 1838—a mere days before her 19th ...
The Small Diamond Crown of Queen Victoria is a miniature imperial and state crown made at the request of Queen Victoria in 1870 to wear over her widow's cap following the death of her husband, Prince Albert. It was perhaps the crown most associated with the queen and is one of the Crown Jewels on public display in the Jewel House at the Tower ...
The Stole Royal (sometime erroneously called the Armilla) is an item of regalia used during the coronation of a British monarch, similar to the stoles worn as vestments by clergymen. It is donned after the anointing of the monarch and is worn throughout the crowning, receiving of homage and conclusion of the communion.
Queen Camilla wore a Bruce Oldfield design for her royal coronation dress. But viewers missed a detail that honored her marriage to King Charles III. The Romantic Hidden Detail Everyone Missed on ...