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Queen Victoria . By Franz Xaver Winterhalter . . ◼ Queen Victoria is depicted dressed in her wedding wreath of orange blossom flowers and her wedding veil, with the small collar of the Garter. . ◼ She also wears the brooch Prince Albert gave her on their wedding day and the ear-rings and necklace made from the Turkish diamonds given to her by the Sultan Mahmúd II in 1838. . ◼ She noted in her Journal that the painting was ‘a surprise for my beloved Albert, for 10th of Feb’. It was placed in the Prince’s Dressing Room at Windsor. . ◼ Signed and dated: Fr Winterhalter. Inscribed on the back with the names of the sitter and artist and the date, 1847, with the date of the Queen’s marriage, 10 February 1840. . . . #QueenVictoria #HouseofHanover #HerMajesty #History #BritishMonarchy #GodSaveTheQueen #PrinceAlbert #HouseofSaxeCoburgandGotha #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1840 #d10feb #Bride #Weddingday #WeddingDress #historicart #RoyalWedding #Wedding #History #Stjamespalace (at St James's Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/BttVkewFNMZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=947uajdky2wt

On This Day In Royal History . 21 November 1840 . Princess Victoria (later Princess Royal, Queen of Prussia & Empress of Germany) was born . ◼ Princess Victoria was born at Buckingham Palace, London. She was the first child of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha & Queen Victoria. When she was born, the doctor exclaimed sadly: “Oh Madame, it’s a girl!” And the Queen replied: “Never mind, next time it will be a prince!”. . ◼ Victoria was baptised in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace on 10 February 1841 (on her parents’ first wedding anniversary) by the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Howley. The Lily font was commissioned especially for the occasion of her christening. . ◼ Her godparents were Queen Adelaide (her great-aunt), the King of the Belgians (her great-uncle), the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (paternal grandfather, for whom the Duke of Wellington stood proxy), the Duke of Sussex (her great-uncle), the Duchess of Gloucester (her great-aunt) & the Duchess of Kent (her grandmother). . ◼ As a daughter of the sovereign, Victoria was born a British princess. On 19 January 1841, she was made Princess Royal, a title sometimes conferred on the eldest daughter of the sovereign. In addition, she was heir presumptive to the throne of the United Kingdom, before the birth of her younger brother Prince Albert Edward (later King Edward VII) on 9 November 1841. To her family, she was known simply as “Vicky”. . . . #onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #Theyear1840 #d21nov #PrincessVictoria #PrincessRoyal #HouseofSaxeCoburgandGotha #BuckinghamPalace #EmpressofGermany #QueenofPrussia #History #Monarchy #QueenVictoria #PrinceAlbert #BritishMonarchy #Thebritishmonarchy #otd #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay 📷 Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020 (at Buckingham Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH3vbNhDCz7/?igshid=hjc5cumwj7fa

On This Day In History . 21 November 1840 . Princess Victoria (later Princess Royal, Queen of Prussia & Empress of Germany) was born . . ◼ Princess Victoria was born at Buckingham Palace, London. She was the first child of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha & Queen Victoria. When she was born, the doctor exclaimed sadly: "Oh Madame, it's a girl!" And the Queen replied: "Never mind, next time it will be a prince!". . ◼ Victoria was baptised in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace on 10 February 1841 (on her parents' first wedding anniversary) by the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Howley. The Lily font was commissioned especially for the occasion of her christening. . ◼ Her godparents were Queen Adelaide (her great-aunt), the King of the Belgians (her great-uncle), the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (paternal grandfather, for whom the Duke of Wellington stood proxy), the Duke of Sussex (her great-uncle), the Duchess of Gloucester (her great-aunt) & the Duchess of Kent (her grandmother). . ◼ As a daughter of the sovereign, Victoria was born a British princess. On 19 January 1841, she was made Princess Royal, a title sometimes conferred on the eldest daughter of the sovereign. In addition, she was heir presumptive to the throne of the United Kingdom, before the birth of her younger brother Prince Albert Edward (later King Edward VII) on 9 November 1841. To her family, she was known simply as "Vicky". . . . #onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #Theyear1840 #d21nov #PrincessVictoria #PrincessRoyal #HouseofSaxeCoburgandGotha #BuckinghamPalace #EmpressofGermany #QueenofPrussia #History #Monarchy #QueenVictoria #PrinceAlbert #BritishMonarchy #Thebritishmonarchy 📷 Royal Collection Trust/(c) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 (at Buckingham Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqdVLvEl-eT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3fq742w9inlc