Kensington Palace, the birthplace of the Queen being an historical guide to the state rooms, pictures and gardens

In the summer of the year 1714 Queen Anne was seized, at Kensington Palace, with apoplexy, brought on by political worries. She had been failing in health for some time; and on...

This description of Charles Greville's, whose pen was given to anything but flattery, is confirmed by the testimony of many others present. Earl Grey wrote to Princess Lieven: "...

Bust, turned to the left, eyes looking at the spectator. He is in a green uniform with red facing; and on his breast three stars and a green ribbon across from his right shoulde...

"In this picture, which was painted in 1771, West introduced the sensible innovation of dressing the characters in their proper costume; previous to that time it was the common...

Whether this is so or not, the details of the original estimate are interesting. The bricklayer's charges came to £697; mason's, to £102; "Glass windows, doors, and the window s...

In the view of the ordinary Londoner, with eye too much dazzled and demoralized by the tawdry vulgarities of the over-gilded, over-looking-glassed, blazing, modern "Restaurant"...

There has been some question as to the exact ceremony, which is depicted here, but there can be but little doubt that it represents the Chapter of the Order of the Garter, held...

From the windows of this room we can imagine the little princess, when she rose in the morning, gazing out over the gardens and the Park beyond, as the beams of the eastern sun...

This, and Nos. 203, 209, and 231 pieces were painted by Dominic Serres, a native of Gascony, who, after running away from home, becoming a sailor, and then master of a trading v...

The State Rooms of Kensington Palace, and likewise Queen Anne's Orangery, will be open to the public every day in the week throughout the year, except Wednesdays, unless notice...