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Queen Elizabeth at Opening of Exhibition Commemorating 200th Birthday of Queen Victoria

‎07-17-2019 01:04 PM

at Buckingham Palace.

The Queen attended a new exhibition to celebrate the life of her great, great grandmother today as she officially opened Buckingham Palace for the summera re-creation of a Victorian dinner table 

Queen Elizabeth II looks at a recreation of the 'Victoria' pattern dessert service in the State Dining Room at the palaceFancy a bite, maam? A lavish recreation of a 19th century dinner in the State Dining room features the highly ornate Alhambra fountain (pictured centre)Two Royal Collection employees adjust placings at a recreation of a Victorian dinner in the State Dining Room

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Re: Queen Elizabeth at Opening of Exhibition Commemorating 200th Birthday of Queen Victoria

‎07-17-2019 01:05 PM

one of Victoria's ball gowns

The Queen looks at her great, great grandmother's costume for the Stuart Ball in 1851 when attending the exhibition

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Re: Queen Elizabeth at Opening of Exhibition Commemorating 200th Birthday of Queen Victoria

‎07-17-2019 01:06 PM

a gilded throne commissioned in 1837

 

 

The summer exhibition at Buckingham Palace, which is officially opened by the Queen today, is dedicated to Queen Victoria, marking 200 years since the erstwhile's monarch's birth in 1819. Among the treasures on display is a gilded throne, which was commissioned in 1837

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Re: Queen Elizabeth at Opening of Exhibition Commemorating 200th Birthday of Queen Victoria

‎07-17-2019 01:08 PM

a dress worn by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales 1844-46Regal artifacts: A Royal Collection employee handles a dress worn by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, between the years 1844-46

 

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Re: Queen Elizabeth at Opening of Exhibition Commemorating 200th Birthday of Queen Victoria

‎07-17-2019 01:09 PM

S & P Erard piano

 

A grand piano dating from 1856 and manufactured by S and P Erard on display at the exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria

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Re: Queen Elizabeth at Opening of Exhibition Commemorating 200th Birthday of Queen Victoria

‎07-17-2019 01:10 PM

Victoria's military jacket circa 1855

Regal red: Queen Victoria's military jacket, dating from 1855, is on display

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‎07-17-2019 01:12 PM - edited ‎07-17-2019 01:14 PM

recreation of Crimean Ball waltz / 1856

 

Queen Elizabeth II looks at a Victorian illusion technique known as Pepper's Ghost of a waltz danced at the Crimean Ball of 1856, in the Ballroom at Buckingham Palacea quadrille

And there's even ghosts: A Victorian illusion technique known as Pepper's Ghost depicts a group of royal guests dancing a quadrille in the Palace BallroomThe illusion scene from another angle, with projections gracing the ceilings and walls of the Palace Ballroom

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Re: Queen Elizabeth at Opening of Exhibition Commemorating 200th Birthday of Queen Victoria

‎07-17-2019 01:13 PM

@ms traditional  A beautiful exhibit--thanks for posting!  I like the Queen in a print, which she normally does not wear.

The next time that I hear salt and ice together, it better be in a margarita!
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Re: Queen Elizabeth at Opening of Exhibition Commemorating 200th Birthday of Queen Victoria

‎07-17-2019 01:15 PM

supertunica worn by Victoria in her coronation ceremony beside stole of Edward VII

 

A visitor views the supertunica (left) worn by Queen Victoria during her coronation ceremony alongside the stole worn by Edward VII during his coronation

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Re: Queen Elizabeth at Opening of Exhibition Commemorating 200th Birthday of Queen Victoria

‎07-17-2019 01:17 PM

again the table setting with a glimpse of the recreated china that Victoria used

The vast banqueting table recreates how a Victorian dinner might have looked, with towers of fresh fruit and mult-layered cakes

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