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King Charles has returned to his artistic roots with a visit to the Royal Collection Trust’s workshops ahead of a blockbuster exhibition’s launch.
The King visited the RCT’s Decorative Arts workshop to learn more about how Trust staff members use a wide variety of practices and techniques, some that date back centuries, to help conserve and maintain the thousands of pieces in the collection.
During his tour, King Charles was able to try his hand at helping to gild one of the dragons that is normally kept in Buckingham Palace in the East Wing. He also viewed several objects that will be on display in the RCT’s upcoming major exhibition.
The Edwardians: Age of Elegance will open at The King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace on 11 April 2025 and will run until 23 November 2025.
The exhibition explores the “opulence and glamour of the Edwardian age – the period between the Victorian era and the First World War”. King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra are featured, as the eponymous monarch and spouse who led the period, and there is also a focus on their successors, King George V and Queen Mary.
The exhibition will include over 300 objects, including a jewelled cigarette case from Carl Fabergé and the stunning Dagmar Necklace made by Jules Diderikson.
