Royals’ own set of kings and queens paintings to be revealed at Southwell Minster
Many family homes are decorated with pictures of their illustrious predecessors, and a new exhibition shows that royalty is no exception, the Daily Telegraph reports.
A set of paintings of England’s kings and queens, which has been on display in Buckingham Palace since it was bought by Prince Albert almost 170 years ago, is going on public view for the first time.
The 25 tiny enamels of the country’s monarchs, from Edward III to Victoria herself, have been loaned to a cathedral for a special exhibition to mark the Diamond Jubilee.
Southwell Minster – in the Nottinghamshire town where Charles I spent his last night before surrendering – is putting the unique portraits on show to highlight the role of the sovereign as Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
The Dean of Southwell, the Very Rev John Guille, said: “We are thrilled to have been allowed to exhibit these pictures, some of which have never been seen in public before.
“It is a particular privilege that Her Majesty The Queen has graciously consented to lend them to Southwell Minster during her Diamond Jubilee year.”