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...Albert died in 1861. In 1897, the queen still forbade her maids of honour from wearing mauve (too close to a cheerful pink)....
...After that interregnum, the only period in modern British history when republicanism became a genuine threat were the years of Victoria’s seclusion following Prince Albert’s death....
...The highest is a late-17th century portrait plate of William III in English Delft (£1,400-£1,800); among the lowest is an 1831 jug featuring a portrait of William IV (£30-£50)....
...Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, set the tone and his descendants Charles I, Philip II and Philip IV followed in solemnity and in fashion as kings of Spain....
...Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 19 March–6 November. In partnership with Gucci. Casting, Sarah Booth at Ben Grimes Casting....
...York House (as it was first called) was designed by Benjamin Dean Wyatt and Philip Wyatt for George IV’s brother, the Duke of York....
...The revolution came when Jeffry Wyatville began his renovations of Windsor Castle for George IV in the 1820s....
...The two mortal adversaries of the Wars of the Roses, Henry VI and Edward IV, were both entombed there, as were Henry VIII and the remains of the beheaded Charles I....
...Norway for now), iii) no deal or iv) remain....
...Helped, no doubt, by his friendship with eminent Whig politician Charles James Fox, Nash came to the attention of George, Prince of Wales....
...“Camden is very different now to how it was 10 years ago,” says Rachel Levy, Camden branch manager at agents Victorstone....
...In Charles II’s time, the entertainments enhanced the parks....
...They include the phrase, “The egg is not boiled hard enough”, suggesting that Prince Charles is not the first royal personage in history to be obsessed by this question....
...Albert Frilley, a friend of the actor, told the broadcaster RTL that Mr Hollande had wanted to know the reasons for Mr Depardieu’s decision to go into exile....
...It plans to augment the donation through an opt-in levy that will allow owners and charterers to donate 0.5 per cent of their charter revenue or fee to Blue Marine....
...Then it wobbled again after the death of her husband Prince Albert in 1861, when Victoria retreated into seclusion and the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, began to exhibit signs of George IV-ishness...
...Holy yet humble, ecstatic yet earthly, “Vision” was dubbed the first Symbolist painting by the French critic Albert Aurier in 1891....
...Levy’s conceptual work is based on “Powers of Ten”, the 1968 documentary by designers Charles and Ray Eames, which examines the relative scale of the universe in factors of 10....
...Charles Goodhart, former MPC member: The Govt will stick with Plan A....
...Charles Brooking, 54, is the creator and curator of the Brooking Collection, made up of more than 200,000 British architectural items spanning the past five centuries....
...Charles Havas, Raymond Rubicam, Leo Burnett – many of the names that hang above the doors of today’s networks began life writing news rather than advertising copy....
...His championing of military interventionism, absolutism and national exceptionalism has uncanny echoes of Napoleon, Louis XIV and Charles de Gaulle....
...In London, a talented young chef, Oliver Rowe, has opened a restaurant, Konstam at the Prince Albert, in which all his ingredients are sourced from within the M25....
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