"HRH Princess Elizabeth of York, 145, Piccadilly, W. 1"- May 1935 cover addressed in the hand of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. He sent his 9-yr-old niece some cut out stamps, but obviously they never made it to the Royal Collection. #OTD in 2022 #QueenElizabethII died.
"...I hasten to offer to Your Majesty my sincere condolence on the heavy loss which you have sustained". 1837 letter of #QueenVictoria to King Ludwig I of Bavaria on the death of his cousin, Duke Pius August. The 18-year-old Victoria only was four months a queen then.
"I wonder if you would ever be prepared to meet my sister-in-law, the Duchess of York, & talk about her life in general?..I think she would appreciate the chance of talking to you...with some of your straightforward common sense!" Memo of #PrinceCharles to infamous Jimmy Savile.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, on behalf of Princess Alexandra, attended 250th anniversary celebration of The Royal Humane Society at St Paul’s Cathedral and a reception at Guildhall on 11 September 2024.
TRH represented its President, Princess Alexandra.
📸 RHS
With Paul's brilliant image of this dress, a small detail regarding it- Last week I visited KP, and the staff member standing near this dress told me that in all the paintings depicting the Privy council meeting, Queen Victoria has been depicted wearing white
HM Queen Victoria ascended the throne #OTD in 1837, upon the death of her Uncle, King William IV.
Later that day she addressed the Privy Council, wearing this dress.
Originally in Black (its faded to brown over the years)
Photographs (C) @RoyaltybyPaul
The only reason being she was a new queen and she wouldn't stand out if she wore black, so for the aesthetic senses of the portrait, the Queen is painted in a white gown
@messiecondo@MonarchyUK Just the way portraits on coins are, successive monarchs face opposite sides.
You can notice king george v and King George vi facing the same way because Edward VIII is supposed to be in between 😅