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Fashioning a Reign: 90 Years of Style from The Queen’s Wardrobe

Palace of Holyroodhouse 21 April - 16 October 2016

Pink coats and matching bonnets worn by Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret for an official visit to the Palace of Holyroodhouse with their parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 1937

Norman Hartnell, evening dress for The Queen’s State Andrew Grima, Visit to Thailand, February ruby, gold and 1972 diamond brooch presented to The Queen by The , 1966

Mantle, hat and Norman Hartnell, insignia of the evening dress of Order of the embroidered Thistle duchesse satin worn by The Queen with a sash of Royal Stewart tartan for the Gillies Ball at Balmoral Castle, 1971

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Norman Hartnell, pale green evening gown made of silk chiffon and lace embroidered with sequins, pearls, beads and diamante

Worn by The Queen in 1957 during her visit to the United States of America as a guest of President Eisenhower

Norman Hartnell, pale blue silk faille evening gown worn at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, during the State Visit of King Olav of Norway, 1962

Norman Hartnell, turquoise-blue dress with a matching bolero jacket of silk taffeta, guipure lace and silk tulle, worn by The Queen to the wedding of her sister Princess Margaret and Mr Antony Armstrong-Jones, 6 May 1960

Stewart Parvin, pink silk dress with coordinating white jacquard coat and pink hat designed by milliner Philip Somerville worn by Her Majesty The Queen for a garden party, 2009

Photographer: Shannon Tofts

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John Anderson, silk evening dress entirely Ian Thomas, embroidered with beads black silk velvet and and sequins in white, pink, taffeta dress worn by gold and cream with gold The Queen in 1980 to thread worn by meet Pope John Paul II at The Queen for the the Vatican Commonwealth Heads of Government reception held at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, 1997

Sandra Murray, purple Woven silk-velvet dress coat made of a worn by silk-wool blend with a Queen Victoria in green silk-crepe and 1835–7, an early lace dress, and a shawl example of tartan in of purple and green royal dress Isle of Skye tartan, woven on the Island of Lewis, worn by The Queen for the official opening of the Scottish Parliament

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