Muslin & Net Period from Jane Austen’s World

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

As everyone knows, I love all posts by Vic at Jane Austen’s World on Clothing and Fashion. Here she talks about – Regency Fashion: The Muslin and Net Period. I was lucky enough to see many of these fashion items at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Continue reading →

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Household Cavalry Museum – London’s Best Places to Visit

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

The Household Cavalry Museum – One of London’s best places to visit. The Household Cavalry Museum is within Horse Guards in Whitehall, London, UK. The historic building is one of London’s oldest, dating from 1750, and is still the working headquarters of the Household Division. Continue reading →

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London Canal Museum – London’s Best Places to Visit

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

London Canal Museum – London’s Best Places to Visit London Canal Museum Logo Brick Warehouse containing Canal Museum Situated at King’s Cross, London, UK, it’s definitely one of the most fascinating museums to visit. The museum has two themes. It shows the history of London’s waterways and it’s also an industrial museum which tells the little known story of the ice industry in London. Canals in London have a fascinating past and at the museum you can learn how they came to be built and how they work and also see the lives of the workers, the cargoes, and the horses. Painted … Continue reading →

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Buckingham Palace – London’s Best Places to Visit

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

Buckingham Palace – one of London’s Best Places to Visit. Buckingham Palace has been the official main residence of the British monarch since the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. The building is based on a large town house of 1703 which was enlarged in the 19th century to form three wings around a central courtyard. Continue reading →

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Victoria and Albert Museum – London’s Best Places to Visit

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, UK. The Museum was established in 1852, following the enormous success of the Great Exhibition the previous year. Its founding principle was to make works of art available to all, to educate working people and to inspire British designers and manufacturers. Continue reading →

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Kensington Palace – London’s best Places to Visit

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

Kensington Palace – One of London’s Best Places to Visit

Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England.

Kensington Palace The Sussex Library

The original early 17th-century building was constructed in the village of Kensington as Nottingham House for the Earl of Nottingham.

It was acquired from his heir, who was Secretary of State to William III, in 1689, because the King wanted a residence near London but away from the smoky air of the capital.

It has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century and is the official London residence of the Duke andDuchess of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, while the Duke and Duchess of Kent reside at Wren House. Kensington Palace is also used on an unofficial basis by Prince Harry, as well as his cousin Zara Phillips.

The Orangery 1704-5


The King’s Gallery Kensington Palace from The History of the Royal Residences by W.H. Pyne, 1819

Referred to as Kensington House, its walled kitchen gardens supplied fruits and vegetables for the Court of St. James’s.

Pathway to the Orangery, Kensington Palace

The Orangery

Today the Orangery is beautifully maintained and has an eating area on the verandah.

For seventy years, Kensington Palace was the favorite residence of British monarchs, despite the official seat being St. James’s. After George II’s death in the palace in 1760, Kensington Palace was only used for more minor royalty, including the young daughter of the Duke of Kent when she was told of her accession to the throne.

Map of Kensington, London, UK. 

Queen Victoria was born at Kensington Palace, spent her childhood there with her mother, and was informed of the death of her uncle, King William IV, there in 1837. It was also the place where she first set eyes on her beloved Prince Albert.

Kensington Palace Walkway

It was Queen Victoria who first opened Kensington Palace, her childhood home, to the public in 1899. During 2011-2012, it is undergoing extensive renovations and will be completed in 2013.

In the meantime, part of Kensington House is open for visitors as The Enchanted Palace, a fantasy mixture of old and new through many of the rooms.

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