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Historic Royal Palaces to mark the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth with major new exhibition at Kensington Palace

Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 15:00 Moniek Bloks 0

On 24 May 1819, the future Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace. To mark the bicentenary of this event, Historic Royal Palaces has announced a major new exhibition at Kensington Palace in 2019. The suite of rooms occupied by the future Queen and her mother will be reimagined through a display of remarkable objects [read more]

Princes announce Ian Rank-Broadley will sculpt new Diana statue

Sunday, 10 December 2017, 8:00 Moniek Bloks 0

A new statue of Diana, Princess of Wales is to be created by the sculptor whose portrait of the Queen also appears on the coins, Kensington Palace has announced. Princes William and Harry announced last January they had commissioned a statue of their mother and they have now selected arts Ian Rank-Broadley to carry out [read more]

Diana: Her Fashion Story

Friday, 11 August 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Kensington Palace was once the home of Diana, Princess of Wales and it currently houses a collection of her extraordinary collection of garments with the aim of telling the story of her life through her clothes. Eleri Lynn, curator of ‘Diana: Her Fashion Story’, said: “Diana, Princess of Wales, was one of the most photographed [read more]

Enlightened Princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World exhibition opens at Kensington Palace

Thursday, 22 June 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Enlightened Princesses dives into the world of three German Princesses who married into the British royal family. Caroline of Ansbach, Augusta of Saxe-Gotha and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz became either Queen or Princess of Wales (Augusta’s husband predeceased his father, so she never became Queen) and in their respective roles, they became committed patrons of the [read more]

Diana, Princess of Wales helped bury a friend’s stillborn baby at Kensington Palace

Monday, 13 March 2017, 17:30 Moniek Bloks 0

During Channel Seven’s Sunday Night documentary Rosa Monckton spoke of how Diana, Princess of Wales offered to bury her stillborn baby at Kensington Palace. Rosa and her husband, Dominic Lawson, had a stillborn daughter in 1994 and it was Diana who suggested that they bury the baby at Kensington Palace. She planned to tell security [read more]

Diana, Princess of Wales Statue to be unveiled at Kensington Palace

Sunday, 29 January 2017, 10:35 Moniek Bloks 0

Kensington Palace has released a statement on behalf of the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry that a statue of their late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales will be erected on the grounds of Kensington Palace. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry said: “It has been twenty years since our mother’s death and the [read more]