Queen Victoria’s Early Life and Family at Kensington Palace
Event Type: Branch
Takes Place: 14th November 2024
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Newport Minster, St Thomas’ Square, NEWPORT, IW PO30 1BG
Description: Queen Victoria's early and most formative years were spent at Kensington Palace. Her father, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent had been a spendthrift who lavished money he didn't have on a number of princely houses in London. His early death when the young princess was just seven months old left her mother in extreme difficulty, but she provided a cosy loving home in one of the more generous apartments at the palace. Research over the past few years has put to rest some of the more persistent historical myths of a cold, unhappy place, full of discipline and loneliness, and instead reveals an apartment full of colour and warmth, with pets, music and parties. This research has guided the representation of the rooms where Victoria grew up and the story which is not told of those early years. This talk will trace some of that research, which reveals the young Queen Victoria in a new light.
Price: Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors £3
Email: jacobscme@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/HistoricalAssociationIW
Organiser: Historical Association Isle of Wight Branch
Lecturer: Lee Prosser, Historic Buildings Curator, Historic Royal Palaces
Region: South-East England