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THE TRUST

Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2008

Company limited by guarantee, registered number 2713536 Registered Charity number 1016972 Annual Report pages final file.qxd:Annual Report 2004/5 corrected 7/7/08 12:15 Page 2

TRUSTEES OF THE ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST

Chairman of the Trustees HRH The Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, OM, AK, QSO, ADC

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Deputy Chairman The Earl Peel, GCVO

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Trustees Sir John Guinness, CB (to 13 June 2007) Lady Shaw-Stewart Mr Duncan Robinson, CBE, DL Mr Peter Troughton The Rt Hon. The Lord Janvrin, GCB, GCVO (to 14 December 2007) The Rt Hon. Christopher Geidt, CVO, OBE (from 14 December 2007) Sir Alan Reid, KCVO

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Secretary Sir Hugh Roberts, KCVO, FSA Annual Report pages final file.qxd:Annual Report 2004/5 corrected 7/7/08 12:15 Page 3

CONTENTS

Chairman’s Foreword 5 Report of the Director of the Royal Collection 6 Custodial Control 11 Conservation 12 Environmental Controls 12 Pictures 12 Works of 14 Royal Library and 15 Royal Photograph Collection 16 16 Access and Presentation 17 Buckingham 17 The State Rooms 17 The Queen’s Gallery 18 The 19 Windsor 20 The Drawings Gallery 20 Special Visits and Research Enquiries 20 Palace of Holyroodhouse 21 The Queen’s Gallery 22 Historic Royal 22 Loans from the Royal Collection 22 Interpretation 25 Education 25 Publishing 29 Electronic Access 33 Accessions and Acquisitions 34 Trading Activities 36 Financial Overview 38 Summarised Financial Statements 40 Appendices Exhibitions and Loans 43 Royal Collection Exhibitions 43 Combined Loans to External Exhibitions 44 Section Loans to External Exhibitions 44 Staff of the Royal Collection 48 External Appointments 48 Staff Training 49 Staff Numbers 49 Staff List 50 Annual Report pages final file.qxd:Annual Report 2004/5 corrected 7/7/08 12:16 Page 4

This now iconic double-profile portrait of Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of was taken in 1951. During this session, Karsh also photographed the Princess with Prince Charles and Princess Anne. These photographs remain some of the best-known portraits of the young Royal Family. In early 2008, a group of 43 photographs – including this one – was presented to The Queen by the Karsh Estate. © Karsh/Camera Press. Annual Report pages final file.qxd:Annual Report 2004/5 corrected 7/7/08 13:24 Page 5 Annual Report pages final file.qxd:Annual Report 2004/5 corrected 7/7/08 12:23 Page 6

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL COLLECTION Sir Hugh Roberts

n a mixed year for tourism, it is pleasing to report a generally positive outcome in all the main areas Iof the Royal Collection Trust’s activity. Visitor numbers remained at a good level, although inevitably below the remarkable figures achieved in 2006–7, when a number of well-received and well-attended celebratory displays and exhibitions were mounted by the Royal Collection to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s 80th Birthday. Another significant royal anniversary – the Diamond of The Queen and The – was celebrated this year in an evocative exhibition of , jewels, wedding presents and film at . This display provided a strong focus for the annual Summer Opening of the Palace, generating widespread positive media coverage and excellent financial results. It was complemented by a display of Her Majesty’s and His Royal Highness’s personal insignia, received on State and ceremonial occasions over the last 60 years, together with a colourful exhibition of royal robes and insignia of the Indian Empire, brought together to mark the 60th anniversary of Indian Independence. Visitor numbers averaged 5,715 a day, underlining the enduring popularity of Buckingham Palace as a tourist destination, and the continuing appeal of the special exhibitions mounted each season.

Polidoro da , The Head of St Thomas(?), c.1527. This drawing, formerly thought to be from the school of , was attributed to Polidoro by Martin Clayton (Deputy of the Print Room) in 2000. In the course of conservation three years later, further sketches (which confirm the attribution) were revealed on the verso. The drawing is included in The Art of Italy exhibition and is now accepted as being among Polidoro’s finest surviving works.

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Mid-18th-century clock by John Pyke (d.1762). The pine case is overlaid with paper, elaborately painted and gilded with fruit and flowers, and fitted with numerous gilt-brass mounts. The conservation of the decorative surface was completed in time for the new Tre a s u re s display at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, following 10 months of work.

The very positive contribution of the Summer Opening of the Palace to the Royal Collection Trust’s finances can readily be seen in this year’s figures. As a result, it has been possible to exceed the targeted repayment of bank borrowings (incurred during the rebuilding of The Queen’s Galleries in and Edinburgh in 2002), while making further substantial investments in support of the Trust’s principal aims and objectives. Chief among these investments continues to be the new Collections Management System, which has been developed and procured in partnership with the . Almost inevitably, given the high performance requirements of users of the new system, acceptance testing by both partners is taking longer than originally anticipated and is now expected to last until the end of 2008. Testing to date has already given potential users some indication of the powerful advances the new system offers over the Royal Collection’s current database, now 20 years old. Another significant project completed in the year was the redevelopment and re-equipping of the Paper Conservation Studio at Windsor. This has for the first time brought into a planned sequence of spaces the various complementary activities of this important section of the Collection, and has provided state-of-the-art facilities for conservators working on the world-famous collection of watercolours, drawings, prints, photographs, books and manuscripts. Conservation is an unceasing commitment across the whole range of the Royal Collection, and the in-house studios have once again completed a considerable tally of excellent work over the past year. Notable achievements in the Pictures section have included the preparation of 51 Flemish paintings for the exhibition Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting. A number of projects in the Works of Art section were also completed for the new display of Tre a s u re s in The Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace. Highlights include the second pair of a unique set of four mid-18th-century commodes by the Anglo-French cabinet-maker Pierre Langlois; an elaborately painted and decorated 18th-century clock case (see illustration above); and the first of a set of four imposing Regency giltwood sofas made

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One of four English sofas by Tatham, and Sanders from the Blue Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, originally supplied for in 1814. Repairs to the carving and gilded mahogany frame were completed for the Treasures display in The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. The sofa was re-covered at Windsor by craftsmen from the Master of the Household’s Department.

by Tatham, Bailey and Sanders for Carlton House (see illustration above). This latter project is part of a much wider campaign to address the conservation of the extensive collection of gilded furniture in all the palaces and residences, and it has been given fresh impetus by an increase in the number of specialist staff in the conservation workshops at . As ever, access, presentation and interpretation – in various combinations – occupy a dominant part of the work of all sections of the Collection, and in the past year there have been some striking successes. The Art of Italy exhibition, which featured heavily in last year’s Report, closed in London in January after an exceptional run and a stream of extremely positive reviews. To judge from its reception, it struck a strong chord with our visitors, and its popularity was reflected in the sales of both the hardback and the condensed paperback catalogues. The exhibition will now be shown, in two parts, in Edinburgh. In London, The Art of Italy has been succeeded by the exhibition of natural history watercolours, Amazing Rare Things, first shown in Edinburgh, for which we have once again enjoyed the invaluable and most generous support, collaboration and guidance of Sir David Attenborough. The new exhibition Bruegel to Rubens, which also opened in Edinburgh, is now at the Royal Museums of Fine in Brussels and will be shown in London later this year. As well as in-house and Royal Collection touring exhibitions, 144 individual works from all parts of the Collection have been lent to exhibitions in the UK and abroad, the details of which can be found on pages 43–7. Highlights have included the loan of 10 major paintings to Richmond, Virginia, for an exhibition exploring the theme of the expansion of British maritime power and marking the 400th anniversary of the first settlement in America. ’s celebrated double portrait, ‘The Ship-Builder and his Wife’ (see illustration opposite), was shown to magnificent effect in the ambitious exhibition Dutch Portraits: The Age of Rembrandt and , at the , London, and Mauritshuis,

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The Hague. Also this year, the unique William III silver table and mirror from Windsor were lent to the ground-breaking exhibition of silver furniture at Versailles; a garniture of three magnificent Sèvres vases (one recently acquired by The Queen) was lent to the Marie-Antoinette exhibition in Paris; and the newly conserved and rebound 1648 manuscript of Firdausi’s Shahnama was lent to the Safavid at the . Loans from all three curatorial sections of the Royal Collection were made to Art Treasures in : 150 Years On at Manchester Art Gallery, commemorating the magnificent exhibition of 1857 to which and Prince Albert contributed an impressive selection of works. The interpretation of special exhibitions and displays – at Buckingham Palace, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse – has been supported through the year by a flow of accompanying high- quality publications. These have ranged from Sir Christopher White’s magnificent catalogue raisonné, The Later Flemish Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, to the two popular titles, Five Gold Rings: A Royal Wedding Souvenir Album and Noble Hounds and Dear Companions, which together have now sold 25,000 copies.

Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Rijksen and his Wife, Griet Jans: ‘The Ship-Builder and his Wife’, 1633. This acutely observed double portrait of an elderly master shipbuilder for the Dutch East India Company and his wife was loaned to Dutch Portraits: The Age of Rembrandt and Frans Hals, an exhibition at the National Gallery, London, and Mauritshuis, The Hague.

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While traditional publishing continues to play an essential part in the interpretation of the Royal Collection, electronic access (via kiosks in The Queen’s Galleries and the website www.royalcollection.org.uk) grows in importance and value every year. All exhibitions can now be viewed on the Web, and work is continuing to provide online access to as much of the significant holdings of the Collection as possible. Concurrently, our Education section has developed new audio tours for exhibitions at The Queen’s Galleries, and a new multi-language tour for the Royal Mews. The introduction of new programmes for primary and secondary schools has helped to increase school group visits. Gift Aid continues to make a substantial and welcome addition to the Royal Collection’s income, contributing £1,146,000 last year, an increase of £25,000 (2%) on the previous year. At the six sites where the Royal Collection obtains income under the Gift Aid scheme, visitors have the opportunity to make an unlimited number of return visits for up to a year without any additional charge. As a result, we have seen a steady increase in repeat visits to all sites. Looking forward to what will undoubtedly be a challenging year ahead, a major event will be the display at the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace. The Ballroom will be laid up with the full complement of silver-gilt banqueting plate, porcelain dessert services and colourful flower arrangements, accompanied by video clips showing behind-the-scenes preparations in the kitchens and elsewhere. This will be the first time that this sumptuous display – normally seen only by those attending a State Banquet – will be shown to the public. Among the changes in personnel to record this year is the retirement of Lord Janvrin, The Queen’s Private Secretary and an ex officio Trustee for the past 10 years, and two long-serving non- executive members of the Board of Royal Collection Enterprises Limited (RCEL), Mrs Joanna Oswin and Mrs Frances Mossman. Their significant and most helpful contribution to the work of the Collection is gratefully acknowledged. Mrs Oswin and Mrs Mossman have been succeeded by Mrs Fiona Sale and Mr Tom Jenkins. The activities of the Board of RCEL are now combined with those of the newly formed Strategic Development Committee, chaired by Sir Alan Reid and supported by two external Royal Collection Trustees, Mr Peter Troughton and Mr Duncan Robinson. Mr Troughton’s chairmanship of the Audit Committee and Mr Nigel Turnbull’s membership of the same committee are also most gratefully acknowledged. As in previous years, this Report groups the activities of the Collection under five main headings to reflect the principal aims of the Royal Collection Trust, and confines the financial information to a summary. The full financial statements are available online (www.royalcollection.org.uk) or from the Registered Office, Stable Yard House, St James’s Palace, London SW1A 1JR.

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CUSTODIAL CONTROL

The development of the new Collections Management System, in partnership with the National Trust, remained the key project. As reported last year, it had been expected that the system would be completed and delivered by the end of 2007. Full joint testing by Royal Collection staff and colleagues from the National Trust, however, revealed that the procedure was likely to be more complex than originally envisaged, and that extra time spent at this stage would be more than repaid when the system becomes operational. The delay in delivery has allowed more time to be spent on the preparation of data, particularly images; and 11,078 items have been added to the database, bringing the total number recorded to 639,908. In the Royal Photograph Collection, 59,797 items have now been recorded on the database: 3,434 additional master records (each containing many parts) have been added during the past year, with a total of 22,777 new inventory numbers assigned to individual images. The areas covered by this work included Central Office of Information photographs of recent years, and images from the collections of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and The Prince of Wales. Films placed on long-term loan with the British Film Institute were inventoried. A full inventory check has been carried out at , while discrete areas have been checked at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, St James’s Palace, , the Royal Mews and . The detailed inventorying of the contents of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House at Windsor made good progress; and conservation reviews and inventorying of historic uniforms and costume also took place, concentrating on the pre-First World War uniforms of King . Inventory support continued to be given to the specialist authors of the catalogues raisonnés of Ancient and Modern Gems and Jewels, French Porcelain, Arms and Armour, and Oriental Porcelain. Records were also made of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh’s British and foreign insignia, and of Indian mantles, archives and insignia included in the Summer Opening display at Buckingham Palace (see illustration). In the Royal Archives, work was completed on consolidating and refining computer data in readiness for the migration of some 30,000

cataloguing entries and approximately 31,500 The mantles and collars of the Order of the Star of India worn entries in other databases to the newly acquired by King George V and Queen Mary at the 1911 Delhi Durbar formed the centrepiece of a display of the Imperial Orders software. In tandem with this project, a number of British India in the Ballroom at Buckingham Palace. of individual small collections have been added to In the background, the King Emperor and Queen Empress can be seen wearing the mantles in a detail taken from the the database, and further listing of the papers of painting of the Durbar in the Royal Collection King George VI has been undertaken. by George Jacomb-Hood.

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David Teniers the Younger, Fishermen on the Sea-Shore, late 1630s. This painting, acquired by the future George IV in 1812, was conserved in preparation for the Royal Collection’s Bruegel to Rubens exhibition, which opened at The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, in September 2007.

CONSERVATION

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS

The upgrading of the environmental monitoring system, described in last year’s Report, was further enhanced in September 2007. As a result, conservators and across the Royal Collection now have desktop access to real-time temperature, humidity and light-level readings from the most sensitive areas, including The Queen’s Galleries, the Royal Library, the Print Room, the Drawings Gallery, the Royal Archives, parts of the State Apartments and the Conservation Studio. Additionally, as part of a project to improve book storage at Windsor, enhanced environmental conditions have been introduced to coincide with the recent installation of mobile book shelving.

PICTURES

The Conservation Studio has concentrated on Flemish paintings this year, focusing initially on the Bruegel to Rubens exhibition, with three paintings fully treated and 10 given significant conservation attention. The pictures that have been fully cleaned and restored for this exhibition are the Portrait of Van Dyck by Rubens, the Portrait of Margaret Lemon by Van Dyck, and Fishermen on the Sea-Shore by

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Teniers (see illustration opposite). In addition, the very large Rubens, Pythagoras Advocating Vegetarianism, has now been fully cleaned and will be ready for display later in 2008 in The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace (see illustration below). Conservation of two other paintings by Van Dyck are also under way: the double portrait of the young George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham and Lord Francis Villiers and the frontal Portrait of . For the forthcoming Henry VIII exhibition at Hampton Court, the anonymous, possibly Flemish picture of The Family of Henry VII with St George and the Dragon has been fully cleaned. Examination using infra-red has revealed a wealth of underdrawing, which together with other technical findings may help to place this important picture in context and shed light on its authorship. Eight other paintings have been given conservation treatment for this exhibition. A substantial loan of 10 large paintings to Richmond, Virginia, prompted the full treatment (by external conservators) of The Return of the Fleet with Charles I when Prince of Wales by Hendrick Vroom, and The Mary Rose Action by Willem van de Velde the Elder, as well as smaller in-house treatments of five other pictures. The cleaning of the Vroom revealed significant changes by the artist, and X-radiography and infra-red examination were undertaken to clarify the evolution of the image. A total of 12 further paintings were also prepared for external loans.

Rosanna de Sancha at work on the conservation of Pythagoras Advocating Vegetarianism, 1618–20, by Sir and Frans Snyders. The painting will be exhibited in Tre a s u re s at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, in October 2008.

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Other external conservation work included the start of a rolling programme to treat fully the paintings by Morier of regimental from the 1750s, of which five have now been completed, and five more are in progress. Three portraits from the State Rooms of Buckingham Palace have been treated by external conservation studios: two of George IV when Prince of Wales (by John Russell and Mather Brown), and Eduard von Heuss’s Charles, Prince of Leiningen. A total of 11 paintings were examined using X-radiography and five using infra-red reflectography, including Bruegel’s Massacre of the Innocents. The resulting images have been used on the e-Gallery to show the fascinating history of this work. In all, 116 paintings received conservation treatment. A larger number were condition-checked, either for exhibition, external loan or in situ in the various residences; 55 paintings were glazed and re- framed using the sealed microclimate system; and the frames of more than 150 paintings received treatment. During the year, 114 miniatures were checked and treated: 107 were treated in situ at Windsor, while seven required more extensive work in the studio of the consultant conservator. Eleven of these miniatures were checked and treated for catalogue photography, and seven prior to display at Palace.

Armour for barriers, field, tourney and tilt, made at c.1608 for the 12-year-old Henry, Prince of WORKS OF ART Wales, of blued steel with gilded decoration, and bearing the monograms HP and HFP. The armour was included A total of 235 works of art were fully treated in the with its full complement of exchange pieces, two other and a selection of edged weapons, in a new display Marlborough House workshops and horological as part of Treasures from the Royal Collection in workshops, all in support of exhibitions, publications The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. or re-presentation projects. In addition to the highlights already mentioned (page 7), a number of important pieces of French furniture were cleaned and repolished. These included a chest of drawers veneered with Japanese lacquer by Bernard van Risamburgh (BVRB); a pedestal barometer with Boulle marquetry, attributed to Jean-Pierre Latz; and a small Boulle marquetry bureau inlaid with the arms of the duchesse de Retz, dating from c.1685. Twenty- six figure groups of French biscuit porcelain were conserved prior to photography as the last phase in a three-year project relating to the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Sèvres and other French porcelain. The appointment of an additional gilding conservator in July has increased the capacity to deal with the backlog of conservation on the outstanding Regency giltwood furniture in the Collection, notably in

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the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace. In addition, 40 picture frames have been treated, mostly in preparation for the Bruegel to Rubens exhibition in Edinburgh and for the new display of Tre a s u re s in London. As part of the latter exhibition, a selection of armour consisting of three suits made for, or presented to, Henry, Prince of Wales and his younger brother, the future Charles I, were conserved (see illustration opposite). At , 477 weapons from the elaborate late 17th-century display in the King’s Guard Chamber were taken down, cleaned and lacquered before reinstatement in 2008. The opportunity was taken to record maker’s marks (which are usually completely inaccessible) for the forthcoming Arms and Armour catalogue raisonné. The Master of the Household’s ‘C’ Branch workshops at Windsor fully conserved a further 180 pieces of furniture, in addition to their ongoing work of running repairs and maintenance. The second of two 18th-century Gobelins of the Story of Jason was conserved by external specialists and reinstated in the Ballroom at Buckingham Palace. In connection with a forthcoming international exhibition, a group of French bronzes from the Collection, dating from the 16th to the early 19th centuries, was scientifically examined at Windsor. This research project, using X-radiography and alloy analysis by X-ray fluorescence, aims to increase understanding of the casting techniques employed, and to develop criteria for identifying individual makers and founders. The project involved conservators from Harvard Art Museums and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and was generously supported by grants from the Henry Moore Foundation and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

ROYAL LIBRARY AND PRINT ROOM

The final two phases of the redevelopment of the Paper Conservation Studio were completed during the year. This major project has provided conservators with greatly enhanced facilities in a unified space below the Royal Library and Print Room at Windsor (see illustration below). About 2,200 books were treated in two major refurbishment programmes. The ongoing work by two long-term volunteers in the Royal Library has seen 1,310 books refurbished, and a more concentrated project by eight volunteers, also under the supervision of Bindery staff, refurbished 880 books at Buckingham Palace over four weeks in the summer (see illustration on page 16). Several volumes were refurbished in preparation for displays for the Saudi Arabian , for The Queen’s luncheon for the Order of Merit, and for display at . Alan Donnithorne, Head of Paper Conservation, in the new Paper Major conservation work on two Conservation Studio. The conversion and re-equipping of a series of basement rooms at Windsor has provided significantly improved important manuscripts was undertaken: the working conditions for the conservation staff attached to the Royal 1648 manuscript of Firdausi’s Shahnama was Library and Royal Archives.

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Two members of the volunteer book refurbishment team at work in Buckingham Palace in August 2007. Over a four-week period, eight volunteers refurbished 880 books in the Palace, under the supervision of the conservators in the Windsor Bindery.

rebound after the completion of extensive paper repairs, and cleaning and repairs are under way on the mid-15th-century Holyrood Ordinale, prior to its display at Holyroodhouse. A detailed examination and condition report of incunabula was carried out by Library and Bindery staff. A total of 119 items from the Print Room were treated. Of these, 84 were conserved, including 45 prints, 25 watercolours, 11 drawings, and three silhouettes; 105 were mounted; and 33 were permanently framed. Work for current exhibitions included the preparation of 41 etchings by for the London showing of Amazing Rare Things, and one watercolour for Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting. In addition, a further group of architectural drawings was conserved by four students from the BA Conservation course at Camberwell College of Arts (University of the Arts London), during a two-week work placement. Thirty-four items were treated for loan to external venues, including 12 drawings for Turin and 16 Merians for Amsterdam.

ROYAL PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

The glass plate negatives acquired from the Adams estate in 2007 are in the process of being sorted, sleeved and boxed. A conservation survey of the collections housed at Windsor Castle and California Stores was carried out in January 2008, following the format and guidelines issued by the National Preservation Office. A separate assessment of the daguerreotypes was also carried out.

ROYAL ARCHIVES

The conservation of the Victorian folders continued, with 12 being repaired or replaced. The treatment of a series of essays by George III was completed, with two boxes (approximately 1,700 documents) being conserved. Work began on conserving the first box in a series of bills for Frederick, Prince of Wales. Nine 19th-century paperback volumes of disbursements and mechanics’ bills for the Inspector of Windsor Castle were cleaned, conserved and rehoused. A volume of the diary of King George V, two Victorian ledgers, and a 1900 inventory of the contents of Clarence House were repaired. Work began on re-boxing the papers of the Private Secretary’s Office for the reign of King George V. The renovation of 600 volumes was undertaken. Thirty-four items were conserved in preparation for display in the royal residences.

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ACCESS AND PRESENTATION

Access to the Royal Collection is achieved principally by the regular opening to the public of the official residences of Her Majesty The Queen (managed by the Royal Collection Trust), of the private residences containing works from the Royal Collection (managed by the private estates), of the unoccupied residences (managed by the Trust), and of (managed by ). Access is further increased through Royal Collection exhibitions at The Queen’s Galleries in London and Edinburgh, temporary displays in the residences, Royal Collection travelling exhibitions, loans by The Queen to exhibitions in the and abroad, the production of catalogues raisonnés, exhibition catalogues and other publications, the long-term loan of objects from the Royal Collection (totalling in excess of 3,000) to national and regional institutions throughout the United Kingdom and abroad, and electronically through the Royal Collection website, which also includes the e-Gallery. To improve access for visitors with hearing disabilities, a series of pilot British Sign Language and lip-speaking guided tours at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace was delivered. For blind and partially sighted visitors, verbal description guided tours of the State Apartments at the Palace of Holyroodhouse were developed in collaboration with Artlink in Edinburgh. Evaluation of these tours will be undertaken in the year ahead.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

The State Rooms

The State Rooms were open for 63 days from 28 July to 28 September (2006–7: 63 days) and attracted 360,000 visitors, an average of 5,715 per day (2006–7: 400,000 visitors; average of 6,350 per day). Attendance figures, although down on last year’s exceptional numbers, were above forecast and reflected the visiting public’s interest in the special exhibition A Royal Wedding: 20 November 1947. Her Majesty The Queen’s , designed and made by (see illustration), was accompanied by two ’ dresses, also by Hartnell, and the dresses worn by Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary. The display of

The wedding dress of Her Majesty The Queen, by Norman Hartnell, made in 1947 of duchesse satin, silk tulle, seed pearls, crystal beads and silver thread.

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A textile woven from yarn spun by Mahatma Gandhi. The central motif reads ‘Jai Hind’ (Victory to India). The Cloth was a wedding present to The Queen in 1947 and was included in the display A Royal Wedding: 20 November 1947 during the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace.

gifts included a selection of the superb jewellery given to the by her parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and by her grandmother, Queen Mary. Notable among these were the Girls of Great Britain tiara, the Queen Anne and Queen Caroline pearls, and the Williamson Pink Diamond. Among the other wedding presents on show were the cloth made from yarn spun by Mahatma Gandhi (see illustration above), a sewing machine given by the Provost and Council of Clydebank, and a piece of engraved Steuben glass from President Truman. The Ballroom display this year included a selection of the principal foreign orders and decorations presented to The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh since 1947, together with a colourful display of robes (see illustration on page 11) and insignia of the Indian Empire, marking the 60th anniversary of Indian Independence. Temporary displays of material from the Royal Collection and Royal Archives were mounted for The Queen’s guests at the Order of Merit Luncheon and for the Saudi Arabian State Visit in October. Selections of items from each display were included in the Royal Insight ‘Gallery’ online. Items from the Royal Collection were also displayed in the State Rooms for the Poetry Day event at Buckingham Palace in October.

The Queen’s Gallery

The Gallery was open for 309 days in the year to 31 March 2008 and attracted 158,000 visitors. The acclaimed exhibition The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: & , which opened on 30 March 2007 and continued until 20 January 2008, attracted 151,000 visitors, an average of 507 per day.

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Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery, first shown at Holyroodhouse, opened in the Chambers Gallery on 14 March 2008. Five groups of botanical and zoological watercolours (by , Alexander Marshal, Maria Sibylla Merian and Mark Catesby, and from the collection of ) make a spectacularly colourful and intriguing display. The Royal Collection’s curators for this exhibition have benefited greatly from the generous collaboration of Sir David Attenborough, who also recorded part of the audio tour. Concurrently, a new display of Tre a s u re s from the Royal Collection is on show in the Nash and Pennethorne Galleries, and includes Canaletto’s two Views of London, a notable group of 17th-century armour, and English and French furniture, jewellery, silver and porcelain.

Maria Sibylla Merian’s depiction of the Common or spectacled caiman and South American false coral snake (c.1705–10), purchased by George III when Prince of Wales, is included in Amazing Rare Things, on view at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, until 28 September 2008.

The Royal Mews

The Royal Mews was open to visitors between 24 March and 28 October 2007, and reopened on 15 March 2008. During 2007–8, visitor numbers were 155,000 (2% above target), reflecting the strong performance of the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace and the continuing success of the Royal Day Out ticket. Improvements to the visitor route in 2007 included a new, complimentary audio tour in eight languages, which has been well received by visitors to the Mews.

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This spectacular gold bracelet, made by Garrard & Co. in 1863, was a wedding present to Princess Alexandra from her eight bridesmaids. Each link contains a hand-coloured photograph of a , with her initials set in diamonds on the enamelled cover. The bracelet was included in the exhibition Royal 1840–1947 in the Drawings Gallery, Windsor Castle, and in the accompanying publication, Five Gold Rings.

WINDSOR CASTLE

Visitor numbers to Windsor Castle totalled 993,000 in 2007–8. This was in line with target and slightly down on 2006–7. During December, as in previous years, a temporary display of plate was set out in the . The display comprised a further showing of the elaborate service made for Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, in 1862, with massive sculptural centrepieces and groups including representations of King Arthur, St George and Britannia. After extensive in-house research, an effective low-energy LED system of picture lights has been perfected and installed to light the major group of 16th-century paintings in the King’s Dressing Room. Items from the Royal Library, Print Room, Royal Photograph Collection and Royal Archives were displayed in the Library for The Queen’s guests in April 2007, and for The Prince of Wales’s guests in June 2007. A special display was mounted in the White Drawing Room for the French State Visit in March 2008.

The Drawings Gallery

In addition to the changing display of drawings, an exhibition entitled Royal Weddings 1840–1947, celebrating the Diamond of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, opened on 27 April 2007. Five Gold Rings: A Royal Wedding Souvenir Album was published to accompany this exhibition.

Special Visits and Research Enquiries

Staff from the Dutch Royal Collection and Archives, and participants in Royal Collection Studies, visited all sections of the Royal Library area, and the Royal Archives, in October 2007. In the course of the year the Royal Library was visited by 19 researchers for 30 research days, and hosted visits from 15 groups, amounting to a total of 313 visitors. Items from the Royal Library and Print

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Room were put on display in the Upper Library for a number of special group visits, which included prize-winners in the Windsor Festival Schools’ competition, the Pugin Society, and staff from the Manuscripts Department, the Scott Polar Research Institute and the Museum of English Rural Life. The Print Room received visits from 163 individual researchers, and groups of students from the Courtauld Institute and the Courtauld Institute Summer School. A total of 39 external researchers visited the Royal Photograph Collection, including a group of Sotheby’s Institute of Art MA students. The archivists dealt with 1,324 postal, telephone and e-mail enquiries requiring a written response (2006–7: 1,520), of which 443 were genealogical, 739 were general and 142 were for information required by the Royal Household. Seventy researchers visited the Royal Archives, carrying out 336 research days (2006–7: 87 and 487).

PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE

With the final adjustments to the decoration and furnishing of the Darnley Rooms on the first floor, following the refurbishment last year of the apartments of Mary, Queen of Scots on the top floor, the re-presentation of the Historic Apartments is now complete. For less mobile visitors, a ‘virtual tour’ of the Queen of Scots’ rooms has been set up in the King’s Wardrobe Room on the first floor of the Palace.

Mary, Queen of Scots’ rooms at the Palace of Holyroodhouse are now available online in a virtual tour. The illustration shows the introductory page at the start of the tour.

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The Queen’s Gallery

The critically acclaimed exhibition Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery, which closed on 16 September after a six-month run, attracted 42,000 visitors. It was followed by Bruegel to Rubens, a new exhibition of the finest Flemish paintings in the Royal Collection, which was mounted to coincide with the publication of Sir Christopher White’s catalogue raisonné. The exhibition – which included Rubens’s portrait illustrated opposite – was shown between 28 September 2007 and 6 April 2008 and attracted 30,000 visitors.

HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES

Almost all the significant contents of the unoccupied residences (Hampton Court Palace; Kensington Palace (State Apartments); the ( Jewels and gold plate in the ); the Banqueting House, ; Kew Palace; and Queen Charlotte’s Cottage) belong to Her Majesty The Queen and therefore form part of the curatorial responsibility of the Royal Collection. These amount to many thousands of paintings, pieces of furniture, textiles, jewels, plate and weaponry. The management and day-to-day running of these buildings are the responsibility of the Historic Royal Palaces Trust (HRP). Working with colleagues from HRP, the Royal Collection is closely involved in all matters of conservation, display and interpretation concerning works from the Collection at these locations.

LOANS FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTION

Pictures

Twenty-nine paintings were lent to 21 exhibitions in the USA, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK.

Works of Art

Twenty-seven items were lent to exhibitions in 10 locations, including Germany, , Italy and .

Royal Library, Print Room and Royal Photograph Collection

Forty-five drawings, 30 watercolours, one oriental manuscript, nine pieces of insignia, one print, one photograph and one album of photographs were lent to 22 exhibitions, of which four were within the UK, 13 in Europe and five in the USA.

OPPOSITE: Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait of a Woman, late 1620s. The sitter for this magnificent portrait was probably a relation of the artist, as the work appeared among Rubens’s possessions after his death; it forms part of the Bruegel to Rubens exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse.

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Leonardo da Vinci, A Scheme for a Canal to Bypass the Arno, c.1503. One of the drawings included in Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci: An Exhibition to Celebrate the Eightieth Birthday of Her Majesty The Queen, shown at four locations in the United Kingdom in 2006–7. The exhibition was accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue by Martin Clayton, published by the Royal Collection.

Travelling Royal Collection exhibitions

Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci: An Exhibition to Celebrate the Eightieth Birthday of Her Majesty The Queen, which opened in in March 2006, had its last showing at the National Museum Cardiff, from March to June 2007; in the course of the tour, the exhibition was seen by a total of 205,000 visitors. Watercolours and Drawings from the Collection of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, which had been shown at The Queen’s Galleries in Edinburgh and London during 2005–6, travelled to the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, and the Castle Museum, Norwich, during 2007. This exhibition of 73 drawings, watercolours, pastels and prints was seen by 62,000 visitors at these two venues.

For a complete list of Royal Collection loans during the year, see pages 43–7.

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INTERPRETATION

Investment in interpretation for visitors this year has included the development of a multi-language audio tour for the Royal Mews and an audio tour to accompany the exhibition Treasures from the Royal Collection at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. The audio tours at Windsor Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Buckingham Palace were updated to reflect changes in the display of works of art along the visitor routes. The Royal Collection again took part in the annual market research benchmarking scheme run by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA). The ALVA survey is conducted in three waves, and the individual site results are measured against the average score of all participating organisations (currently more than 30). The key indicators of visitor satisfaction were within the following ranges: Value for money +0.8 to +1.4, Overall enjoyment +1.3 to +1.8 (Excellent (+2) Good (+1) Just OK (0) Poor (–1) Very Poor (–2)).

EDUCATION

Schools and families

The number of primary and secondary school groups visiting the official residences of The Queen has increased over the last year. A series of teachers’ evenings and three new leaflets for schools helped to raise awareness of the resources available for school groups. New programmes for schools included themed exhibition talks and activities, and picture-in-focus workshops. Successful joint school-visit partnerships continued this year with the Scottish Poetry Library, and the Houses of Parliament’s Education Service. In October, a Poetry Day, presided over by the Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, was held at Buckingham Palace for nearly 200 secondary-school pupils.

Families participating in a workshop on pietra dura during The Art of Italy exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace.

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A regular programme of activities for families during the school holidays was publicised in a series of new leaflets. Highlights of the last 12 months included new exhibition activity trails, ‘Big Draw’ activities for children and adults, and an ‘Exploring Pietra Dura’ day at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace (see illustration on page 25). Thomas Greenaway, a craftsman with the Paci Mosaici workshop in , demonstrated the techniques used in pietra dura (hardstone mosaics).

Adults

The twelfth annual Royal Collection Studies Summer School, based at Windsor, took place in September 2007, organised (as in previous years) by the Attingham Trust and directed by . The 30 participants came from 11 countries, and approximately three-quarters were supported by scholarships funded through the Attingham Trust. The majority of the lectures and visits over the 10-day course were given or led by Royal Collection curatorial staff, and the course concluded with a two-day visit to Osborne House. The Education programme for The Art of Italy included a series of evening lectures by Royal Collection curatorial and conservation staff, and a joint course with the National Gallery, London. A study afternoon attracted over 60 students from the , Chelsea College of Art and Design, Kingston University and Wimbledon College of Art. The joint study afternoon with the National Galleries of Scotland to accompany Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting at The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, attracted over 140 attendees. A research seminar for 30 invited participants from universities and galleries in Scotland and further afield was organised in partnership with the Visual Arts Research Institute of Edinburgh.

Fine Art and students participating in a study afternoon on The Art of Italy in The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace.

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Lectures and talks given by staff

Al Brewer (Paintings Conservator) gave a talk on ‘The Structure of Panel Paintings, the Causes of Damage to them and Appropriate Treatments’ to The Institute of Conservation: Stone and Wall Paintings Group.

Deborah Clarke (Assistant Curator, Palace of Holyroodhouse) gave introductory talks on Amazing Rare Things and Bruegel to Rubens at The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, to the guests of the Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh and members of the Roxburghe Club.

Martin Clayton (Deputy Curator of the Print Room) gave two public lectures and several evening tours during The Art of Italy exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace.

Steven Davidson (Horological Conservator, Windsor Castle) gave the St Roche Lecture at West Dean College on ‘Vulliamy at Windsor Castle’. He spoke about clocks at Windsor Castle to the South West Branch of the British Horological Institute, and to pupils at the Royal School, Windsor, and Vitila School, Roukolahti, Finland.

Caroline de Guitaut (Assistant Curator and Loans Officer, Works of Art) spoke on ‘Queen Elizabeth’s White Wardrobe by Norman Hartnell’ at the Courtauld History of Dress Association Annual Conference, and at the West of Costume Society Spring Conference. She spoke to the National Trust Friends of Bookham Common on ‘A Royal Wedding: 20 November 1947’.

Rosanna de Sancha (Paintings Conservator) gave a talk comparing the degrees of finish in Rubens’s Portrait of Van Dyck and Portrait of a Lady at the study day at The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Rupert Featherstone (Senior Paintings Conservator) lectured on ‘Two Paintings by Caravaggio in the Royal Collection’ at the Getty Conservation Institute.

Sophie Gordon (Curator of the Royal Photograph Collection) lectured on ‘Visions of Asia: Images from the Royal Photograph Collection’ to the Royal Asiatic Society, London; delivered a paper on photographs of India in the Royal Collection at a one-day seminar at York University History of Art department; and gave a talk on the Royal Photograph Collection to the Friends of Shrewsbury Museum.

Kate Heard (Assistant Curator, Print Room) spoke at the conference on the Iconography of English Late Medieval Orphreys at the Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg, Switzerland.

Adelaide Izat (Paintings Conservator) gave a talk on ‘The Works by Formentrou and Francken in the Royal Collection’ at the study day at The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Kathryn Jones (Assistant Curator, Works of Art) spoke on Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House at the Kensington Dollshouse Festival and at the London Dolls House & Miniatures Fair.

Sabrina Mackenzie (Database Cataloguer, Prints and Drawings) gave 12 talks to special tour groups at Windsor Castle on the exhibition Royal Weddings.

Jonathan Marsden (Deputy Surveyor of The Queen’s Works of Art) gave two lectures in the Art of Italy series at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, on pietra dura furniture and on Italian Renaissance and Baroque sculpture. He spoke on ‘Canova and George IV’ at , and on ‘The Royal Collection on Show’ for the Friends of Treloar School and the UK Friends of Czech Historic Monuments.

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Simon Metcalf (Armourer and Senior Metalwork Conservator) conducted a study day at Hampton Court Palace on leather conservation, in collaboration with the Leather Conservation Centre, Northampton.

Stephen Patterson (Head of Collections Information Management) lectured with Philip Claris (National Trust) on the joint Royal Collection/National Trust Collections Management Project at the Museum Computer Network annual conference in Chicago. He also lectured on the Collections Management Project to students of the Museum Studies department at Leicester University.

Hugh Roberts (Director of the Royal Collection) gave the Purdy Memorial Lecture for the Friends of the Fitzwilliam on ‘George IV as a Collector: Change and Continuity’.

Jane Roberts (Librarian and Curator of the Print Room) gave the eighth Stirling Maxwell Lecture (National Trust for Scotland) at Pollok House, Glasgow, entitled ‘The True Eye of the Lynx: A 17th-century Italian Paper Museum in the Royal Collection’; she also lectured on ‘George III and Queen Charlotte as Collectors and Patrons’ to the Burney Society Conference at Windsor; and gave an introductory talk at the 2007 Windsor Festival Spring Weekend Literary event ‘Writing on Royalty’.

Jennifer Scott (Loans Officer and Assistant Curator, Paintings) lectured on The Art of Italy to NADFAS at the Cavalry and Guards Club, London, and on Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. She spoke on Teniers’s landscapes at the study day at The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, and on ‘Young Henry in Art’ for the Henry VIII: Renaissance Prince conference at Hampton Court Palace. She also led two adult study days at Hampton Court Palace on ‘The Image of Kingship’ and ‘Royal Collectors and the Royal Collection’.

Desmond Shawe-Taylor (Surveyor of The Queen’s Pictures) lectured on ‘The Royal Collection: Patrons and Artists’ to the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland; on ‘Paintings in The Royal Collection’ to the National Art Collections Fund in Shropshire; on Lawrence at ; on ‘Lost and Regained: The Royal Collection and the Stuart Dynasty’ at the Virginia Historical Society, in conjunction with the exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; on ‘The Art of Italy’ at the British Institute of Florence; on ‘In the Name of Britain: Royal Patronage’ at the Holburne Museum, Bath; on ‘Zoffany’s Academicians’ at Colnaghi’s; on ‘Royal Collecting of Flemish Paintings’ at the National Gallery of Scotland; and on ‘The History and Diversity of The Queen’s Collection’ for The Prince’s Trust at Sandringham.

David Wheeler (Senior Furniture Conservator) spoke on ‘Pictures in Stone: pietra dura Furniture in the Royal Collection’ at the Faculty of Arts, Linköping University, Vadstena, Sweden.

Lucy Whitaker (Assistant Surveyor of The Queen’s Pictures) gave a paper on ‘Polidoro da Caravaggio’s Cupid and Psyche Panels’ to the Late Medieval and Early Modern Italy Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research.

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PUBLISHING

The last 12 months have seen a considerable expansion in sales of licensed editions and co-editions in both the USA and Europe. This has resulted from the increased presence of the Publications section at the London and Frankfurt trade fairs, and from new contacts generated through attendance at BookExpo in the USA. Such co-edition sales are particularly valuable, as sales through distribution in the USA have been badly affected by the weakness of the dollar. Among recent transactions, Penguin Studio in the USA bought an edition of 15,000 copies of the spring 2008 title, Mr Marshal’s Flower Book; and the success of Amazing Rare Things has continued, with a reprint of a further 8,500 copies for University Press, The Royal Collection and Penguin Studio editions of this title both used Marshal’s wonderful study of a sunflower and licensed editions sold in Germany, Russia and on their jackets. In the UK, publication was timed to China. This title has sold nearly 25,000 copies in coincide with the big summer gardening shows; while in hardback, and more than 7,000 copies in paperback the USA, the book will be published as an autumn title. The original watercolour is also included in the exhibition on site to date. Its success has been matched by that Amazing Rare Things. of Queen Elizabeth II: A Birthday Souvenir Album, which has now sold 30,000 copies, and Five Gold Rings: A Royal Wedding Souvenir Album, sales of which have reached 20,000 copies. The formula for these small hardback gift books has worked well both on site and in the trade, with sales of Noble Hounds and Dear Companions, compiled by Sophie Gordon and published in October 2007, reaching over 5,000 since

This photograph is one of many from the Royal Photograph Collection included in Sophie Gordon’s book Noble Hounds and Dear Companions, published by the Royal Collection in October 2007. It shows Princess Margaret and canine friends at and was taken by her father, the future King George VI, in 1933.

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Charles, Prince of Wales: A Birthday Souvenir Album was produced to celebrate His Royal Highness’s 60th Birthday in November 2008. It was published in April 2008 to accompany the exhibition at Windsor. The book follows the same format as previous titles.

Cover photograph by Studio Lisa: © reserved.

publication. Two further titles in this format have been produced for 2008–9: Charles, Prince of Wales: A Birthday Souvenir Album, compiled by Jane Roberts and Rhian Wong, and For the Royal Table: Dining at the Palace, compiled by Kathryn Jones, which will accompany the Summer Opening display. In connection with the exhibition travelling to the Royal Museums in Brussels, licensed French, German and Dutch editions of Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting, by Desmond Shawe-Taylor and Jennifer Scott, have been sold through Mercatorfonds in Belgium. The academic publishing programme continues to gather momentum, with the publication in September 2007 of The Later Flemish Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen by Sir Christopher White. Editorial and production work has progressed on two further catalogues: Ancient and Modern Gems and Jewels, which will be published in autumn 2008, and the magisterial three-volume survey of French porcelain by Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue, planned for publication in May 2009. The latter will coincide with the opening of an exhibition of French porcelain at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Work is also progressing on another four catalogues – Victorian Miniatures, Oriental Porcelain, Sculpture, and Arms and Armour. The extensive photography commissioned for the catalogue raisonné programme has added significantly to the digital assets of the Royal Collection, with a wide range of material now available for both scholarly and commercial use. In addition, the research gathered for academic titles will gradually be added to the Royal Collection’s new inventory system, and in this way will underpin the programme of popular publications. Research and editorial work has continued on the project to publish The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588–1657), a collection of some 10,000 drawings and prints dispersed between the Royal Library at Windsor, the British Library, the Institut de France and various other public and private collections. Volumes 13 and 14 in the series, Flora: The Erbario Miniato and Other Drawings by Fabio

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Garbari and Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi, were published in July 2007. A well-attended presentazione to promote these volumes and the project in general was held at the Accademia dei Lincei, Rome, in January 2008, following an earlier launch in London. Several further volumes are currently in preparation. Other publications in 2007–8 included a new English guidebook and a multi-language souvenir guide to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and 100 Treasures of Windsor Castle. A condensed edition of Treasures from the Royal Collection will be published in autumn 2008, marking a second collaboration with Scala. Work has begun on titles for spring 2009, including The Conversation Piece exhibition catalogue and our first children’s title. The catalogue for the 2008 touring exhibition of Leonardo drawings – a further publication to mark The Prince of Wales’s 60th Birthday – was published in May 2008 to coincide with the inaugural showing at the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro. The publication programme has been generously supported by a number of individuals and institutions. The Michael Marks Charitable Trust and the Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation have assisted with the publication of the catalogue raisonné The Later Flemish Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen; Mr Felix Robyns with the exhibition catalogue Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting; the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Alessandria with the Erbario Miniato; and KPMG with several projects. This assistance is very gratefully acknowledged.

The latest title in the Royal Collection’s academic publishing project cataloguing the Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo is the two-volume Erbario Miniato, shown here with the volume of drawings to which it relates. Fourteen volumes in this series have now appeared, just under half of the total.

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Finally, Royal Collection titles were shortlisted for both the AXA Art Exhibition Catalogue Award and the British Book Design and Production awards; and in October 2007, Mary Butler, former Head of Publications at the V&A, joined the Royal Collection’s Publishing Committee as an external editorial adviser.

The following publications by staff of the Royal Collection and Royal Archives (in addition to those mentioned above) appeared during the year:

Pamela Clark: ‘Divided Estate, Common Heritage: Royal German Records at the Royal Archives, Windsor’ (with David Ryan, Director of Records in the Royal Household), in Windsor – Coburg: Divided Estate – Common Heritage: The Collections of a Dynasty, Prince Albert Studies, vol. 25 (2007).

Sophie Gordon: ‘Photography in India’, in Asia’s Colonial Photographies, International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter, no. 44 (summer 2007); ‘ and Photography’, review of Odalisques and Arabesques, in History of Photography, vol. XXXII, no. 1 (spring 2008); ‘Pedigree Chums’, extracted from Noble Hounds, in Sunday Telegraph Magazine (29 September 2007).

Kate Heard: Review of Julian Luxford, The Art and Architecture of English Benedictine Monasteries, 1300–1500. A Patronage History, in Journal of the British Archaeological Association, vol. CLX (2007).

Jonathan Marsden: ‘Filippo della Valle and the più belle statue: A New Early Work in Bronze’, Burlington Magazine, vol. CXLIX (June 2007); ‘Dumfries House: The History’, in Art Quarterly (autumn 2007); ‘Image Doggs at Hampton Court Palace’, Burlington Magazine, vol. CXLIX (December 2007).

Hugh Roberts: ‘Thrones Revisited’, Furniture History, vol. XLIII (2007). This was one of 25 articles in a special number of the journal to honour Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue, Surveyor Emeritus of The Queen’s Works of Art. The volume also included a bibliography of Sir Geoffrey’s writings on furniture from 1963 to 2004.

Jennifer Scott: ‘Flemish Paintings from the Royal Collection on Show in Edinburgh, Brussels and London’, CODART, vol. XV (winter 2007), pp. 6–7.

Bridget Wright: ‘“Such wonderful method”: Prince Albert and the Royal Library’ (with Owens, former Assistant Curator of the Print Room), in Windsor – Coburg: Divided Estate – Common Heritage: The Collections of a Dynasty, Prince Albert Studies, vol. 25 (2007).

Books published during the year which made use of a substantial amount of Royal Archives material included a biography of Sir Howard Elphinstone; Windsor – Coburg: Divided Estate – Common Heritage: The Collections of a Dynasty, Prince Albert Studies, vol. 25 (2007), edited by Professor Franz Bosbach; and the biography of Sir Robert Peel by Douglas Hurd.

The Windsor Castle Shahnama, by the late Basil Robinson and Dr Eleanor Sims, was published by Azimuth in July 2007. The subject of this publication, commissioned by Oliver Everett, Librarian Emeritus, as his Roxburghe Club contribution, is the 1648 manuscript of Firdausi’s Shahnama in the Royal Library.

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ELECTRONIC ACCESS

Website and e-Gallery

The following exhibitions were added to the e-Gallery: Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting, Royal Weddings 1840–1947 and A Royal Wedding: 20 November 1947. In addition, Web exhibitions were prepared to complement the publication of The Later Flemish Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen and Noble Hounds and Dear Companions; and the opportunity was taken to publish online a first selection of photographs from the exhibition Crown and Camera, shown at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, in 1987. Work to increase digital access to the Royal Collection continued. More than 4,000 items from the Collection are now available online, including some 1,700 paintings and miniatures, and further interactive features were added. Examples of the latter have included an exploration of the Massacre of the Innocents by Pieter Bruegel – which revealed the victims of the massacre beneath the overpainting ordered by the Emperor Rudolf II (see illustration below right) – and an exploration of the Greenwich armour of Henry, Prince of Wales. All the exhibitions were presented on the kiosks at The Queen’s Galleries in London and Edinburgh and the Drawings Gallery at Windsor Castle, and on the Royal Collection website.

The Royal Collection’s e-Gallery, launched in 2002, continues to evolve and develop as each new exhibition is added. The home page of the Royal Weddings 1840–1947 exhibition at Windsor is shown on the left, and on the right is a detail of Bruegel’s Massacre of the Innocents, one of the ‘Explore’ features in the Bruegel to Rubens e-Gallery interpretation.

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Members of the Konstantinovich branch of the Russian Imperial Family, in a group portrait taken in 1903 at Strelna (now Konstantinovsky) Palace, overlooking the Gulf of Finland. At the centre of the group is the Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna (1830–1911; in a bath chair), whose late husband Konstantin was the second son of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. The Grand Duchess’s second son, Grand Duke Konstantin, stands at back left. Her daughter Olga, Queen of the Hellenes, stands to left of centre. Queen Olga (1851–1926) was Prince Philip’s paternal grandmother. This is one of a group of 220 photographs presented to The Queen by Princess Bagration, whose husband was the grandson of Grand Duke Konstantin.

ACCESSIONS AND ACQUISITIONS

Two manuscripts, around 80 printed books and several coins were received as gifts. The manuscripts, scores by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Master of The Queen’s Music, included Wedding Anniversary Anthem, in celebration of the Diamond Wedding Anniversary of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. To mark the same occasion, The Queen’s wider family presented a copy of Engravings from Designs by HRH The Princess Elizabeth (daughter of George III), privately printed in 1810. Possibly unique, this volume contains plates printed in colour, as well as monochrome. Also commemorating the wedding anniversary were a Crown coin received from the Royal Mint and a one-dollar coin presented by the Governor General of New Zealand. A 10,000-shilling banknote was presented by the President of to commemorate the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference in Uganda in November. Facsimiles of

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correspondence (now in the Presidential Archives) between the and Presidents of the United States were presented by President Bush to mark The Queen’s State Visit to the USA in May; and two volumes of the works of were received on the visit to Virginia to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of the state. The President of China presented Her Majesty with a cabinet containing facsimiles of the books sent by George III to the Chinese Emperor Qianlong in the 1790s. Prince Hassan of Jordan presented a boxed set of the Holy Books of three religions (the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament in Greek, and the Quran) during a visit in July. The President of the of the Maldives presented Paul Brown’s Global Warning: The Last Chance for Change; and a further volume, Jean de Saunier’s La parfaite connoissance des chevaux (The Hague, 1734), was given to The Queen by the President of France and Mme Sarkozy during their State Visit to Windsor in March 2008. The topographical artist Alan Carr Linford presented 77 of the preparatory sketches made in connection with his royal commissions from the 1940s (see illustration below). A watercolour by William Ross of Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg and Gotha (1848) was given by the family of Sir Oliver and Lady Millar in their memory. Other accessions to the Print Room collection included a drawing by Sir of The Façade of a Venetian Church (presented by Michael Brown), two watercolours of South African subjects by Helen Anne Petrie (bequeathed by the artist), and an aquatint by Anatoly Shandarov entitled The Chalice of Peace (presented by Mr Yuri Kaida of Latvia). Gifts of photographs included a signed copy of Tim Graham’s official Diamond Wedding portrait of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh; a group of 19th- and early 20th-century portraits of the Konstantinovich branch of the Russian Imperial Family (donated by Princess Bagration, with other items – see illustration opposite); and three albums documenting The Queen’s State Visit to the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Lastly, a series of 43 photographs of The Queen and other members of the Royal Family, taken by Yousuf Karsh between 1943 and 1987, was generously donated by the Karsh Estate (see illustration on page 4).

Alan Carr Linford, The Henry VIII Gateway, Windsor Castle, c.1959. This watercolour belongs to the group of nearly 80 preparatory studies for Carr Linford’s royal commissions, presented to The Queen by the artist in 2007.

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TRADING ACTIVITIES

Retail

The Royal Collection’s retail activities exceeded targets by £240,000 (2.9%). This was marginally lower than the previous year, primarily because of a 3% drop in visitor numbers. However, average spend per visitor increased from £4.02 to £4.17, and the gross margin improved from a budgeted 58% to 59%. Most sites exceeded their sales targets for the year, while also delivering year-on-year improvements. The Royal Mews achieved the highest growth in sales, with an increase of £65,000 (9%), mainly as the result of a modest refurbishment to increase retail space, enabling a more effective display of ranges. The London shops, notably that in The Queen’s Gallery, attracted good media coverage, which drove solid year-on-year growth, especially at Christmas. The performance at all shops was helped by public

A selection of items from the range of china produced to celebrate the Diamond Wedding Anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh in 2007.

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interest in the Diamond Wedding Anniversary of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, with commemorative merchandise proving particularly popular (see illustration opposite). The shop at the Palace of Holyroodhouse had the advantage of good attendance at exhibitions in The Queen’s Gallery and a continued increase in visitors to the Palace. Off-site sales were down on the previous year, due largely to an anticipated reduction in wholesale activity, and partly to the temporary interruption of business through the website. Looking ahead, an innovative licensing arrangement agreed with Designers Guild will see the launch later in the year of a range of fabrics and wallpapers inspired by textiles in the Royal Collection.

Catering

In its fourth year of operation, the café at the Palace of Holyroodhouse has achieved a further increase in sales of £64,000 (14%). The annual growth is in line with an increase in visitors to The Queen’s Gallery.

Photographic Services

The sale of rights for television programmes and commercial publications continues to provide the largest proportion of income. The online Picture Library offers over 4,000 images for reproduction, and this number is set to increase steadily as a result of the ongoing programme of scanning. All the photographic material transferred from the Royal Photograph Collection (approximately 12,000 records) has now been added to the Picture Library database. This year the change was made from analogue to digital photographic equipment. This was used to provide material for books on Leonardo da Vinci, published by Taschen and Random House, and for the final series of Monarchy, presented by David Starkey for Channel 4. Two major in-house projects – photography for the French Porcelain and Ancient and Modern Gems and Jewels catalogues raisonnés – have been completed. Other work for Royal Collection Publications has included photography for Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting; Mr Marshal’s Flower Book; Charles, Prince of Wales: A Birthday Souvenir Album; For the Royal Table: Dining at the Palace; and the Cassiano dal Pozzo project. The section once again exhibited at the Frankfurt and London Book Fairs, and attended the Picture Buyers’ Fair.

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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

Incoming Resources

The summarised financial statements set out on pages 41–2 indicate that the Royal Collection increased its incoming resources by £641,000 (2.2%), from £29,643,000 in 2006–7 to £30,284,000 in 2007–8. This was achieved despite a reduction in overall visitor numbers of 68,000 (3.4%), from 2,054,000 to 1,986,000. The growth in admissions income of £565,000, from £19,814,000 to £20,379,000, is therefore largely attributable to higher admission charges, changes in the visitor mix, and continued growth in Gift Aid relief on admissions, which increased by £25,000 (2.2%), from £1,121,000 to £1,146,000. Despite the reduction in visitor numbers, income from retail, catering and photographic services amounted to £9,328,000 (2006–7: £9,388,000), due largely to the demand for the Royal Collection publications that accompanied the exhibitions held in The Queen’s Galleries and the special display mounted at the Buckingham Palace Summer Opening, and to strong sales of the commemorative merchandise produced to celebrate the Diamond Wedding Anniversary of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh.

Charitable Expenditure

Expenditure on charitable activities increased by £1,086,000 (5.7%), from £18,959,000 in 2006–7 to £20,045,000 in 2007–8. The main components of charitable expenditure are staff costs (£8,709,000), which increased on average by 5.2% in 2007–8, and depreciation on The Queen’s Galleries (£927,000).

Net Incoming Resources and Cashflow

The Trust’s net incoming resources, after recognising the pension scheme actuarial gain of £1,300,000, amounted to £2,819,000 (2006–7: £3,634,000). Accordingly, net bank borrowings reduced by £1 million, from £6.7 million at 31 March 2007 to £5.7 million at 31 March 2008, thereby exceeding the Trust’s target of an annual reduction of at least £0.5 million.

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INCOME AND ADMISSION NUMBERS FOR THE YEAR

Admission numbers 2007–8 2006–7 2007–8 2006–7 £000 £000 000 000 Windsor Castle and House – admissions 10,004 9,631 1,003 1,025 – shop sales 2,325 2,409 Buckingham Palace Summer Opening – admissions 4,952 5,118 360 400 – shop sales 2,214 2,343 The Queen’s Gallery – admissions 1,133 1,068 158 163 – shop sales 1,636 1,578 The Royal Mews – admissions 798 785 155 171 – shop sales 765 700 Clarence House – admissions 172 203 25 29 – shop sales 101 113 Palace of Holyroodhouse – admissions 2,174 1,888 285 266 – shop and café sales 1,241 1,144 Off-site retail income 774 864 Publishing 248 206 Photographic services 272 237 Gift Aid 1,146 1,121 Other income 329 235 30,284 29,643 1,986 2,054

FIVE-YEAR COMPARISON

2003–4 2004–5 2005–6 2006–7 2007–8 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 Admissions income (including Gift Aid) 12,213 14,651 15,935 19,814 20,379 Retail and café sales 7,692 7,341 7,683 9,151 9,056 Charitable expenditure 14,9931 15,777 16,749 18,959 20,045 Net incoming/(outgoing) resources (after actuarial gain/(loss) recognised in pension scheme) (1,230)2 (1,055) (751) 3,634 2,819 Capital expenditure 1,194 390 477 621 1,412 Visitor Performance Indicators Visitor numbers (000) 1,836 1,797 1,792 2,054 1,986 Admissions income per visitor £6.65 £8.15 £8.89 £9.65 £10.26 Retail spend per visitor (on-site only) £3.84 £3.55 £3.61 £4.02 £4.17

Notes: 1. Charitable expenditure is restated in accordance with the definitions adopted in the financial statements for 2005–6, but excludes any potential adjustments for FRS17: Retirement Benefits, which is adopted in full in the financial statements for 2005–6. 2. Net incoming/(outgoing) resources exclude any potential adjustments for FRS17: Retirement Benefits.

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SUMMARISED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

STATEMENT BY KPMG LLP TO THE ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST (‘THE CHARITY’)

We have examined the summarised financial statements set out on pages 41 to 42, which are contained within the charity’s non-statutory Annual Report (‘Annual Report’). The summarised financial statements are non-statutory accounts prepared for the purpose of inclusion in the Annual Report.

This statement is made, on terms that have been agreed with the charity, solely to the charity in order to meet the requirements of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice revised 2005. Our work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity those matters we have agreed to state to it in such a statement and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity for our work, for this statement or for the opinions we have formed.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and auditors

The Board of Trustees has accepted responsibility for the preparation of the summarised financial statements. Our responsibility is to report to the charity our opinion on the consistency of the summarised financial statements on pages 41 to 42 within the Annual Report with the statutory Annual Report and Accounts.

We also read the other information contained within the Annual Report and consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the summarised financial statements.

Basis of opinion

We conducted our work having regard to Bulletin 1999/6 The auditor’s statement on the summary financial statement issued by the Auditing Practices Board for use in the United Kingdom. Our separate report on the charity’s statutory Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2008 describes the basis of our statutory audit opinion on those Accounts.

Opinion

In our opinion, the summarised financial statements set out on pages 41 to 42 are consistent with the statutory Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2008. We have not considered the effects of any events between the date on which we signed our report on the full statutory Annual Report and Accounts 9 June 2008 and the date of this statement.

KPMG LLP Registered Auditor Chartered Accountants 8 Salisbury Square, London EC4Y 8BB

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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the year ended 31 March 2008

2008 2007 £000 £000 INCOMING RESOURCES

Incoming resources from generated funds: Retail, catering and photographic services 9,328 9,388 Investment income 22 2 9,350 9,390

Incoming resources from charitable activities: Access 20,263 19,706 Presentation and interpretation 364 312 Conservation 10 6 20,637 20,024 Other incoming resources: Other income 297 229

Total incoming resources 30,284 29,643

RESOURCES EXPENDED

Cost of generating funds: Retail, catering and photographic services 8,166 7,889

Charitable activities: Access 12,859 12,073 Presentation and interpretation 3,175 2,958 Exhibitions 2,069 2,274 Conservation 1,430 1,221 Custodial control 512 433 20,045 18,959

Governance costs 117 123

Other resources expended: Donation 337 338 Pensions finance charge 100 100 437 438

Total resources expended 28,765 27,409

Net incoming resources 1,519 2,234 Actuarial gain recognised in pension scheme 1,300 1,400 Net movement in funds 2,819 3,634

Fund balances at 1 April 2007 8,991 5,357 Fund balances at 31 March 2008 11,810 8,991

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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET as at 31 March 2008 2008 2007 £000 £000 Fixed assets Tangible assets 21,416 21,493

Current assets Stock and work in progress 1,445 1,576 Debtors 898 695 Cash at bank and in hand 293 149 2,636 2,420

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (7,442) (8,722)

Net current liabilities (4,806) (6,302)

Total assets less current liabilities 16,610 15,191

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year (3,000) (3,000)

Net assets excluding pension liability 13,610 12,191

Pension liability (1,800) (3,200) Net assets including pension liability 11,810 8,991

Income funds Restricted 516 558 Unrestricted 13,094 11,633

13,610 12,191 Pension reserve (1,800) (3,200)

Total funds 11,810 8,991

These are not statutory accounts, but a summary of information relating to both the Statement of Financial Activities and the Balance Sheet. They may not contain sufficient information to allow for a full understanding of the financial affairs of the charity. For further information, the full annual statutory accounts, the Auditor’s report on those accounts and the Trustees’ Annual Report should be consulted. Copies of these can be obtained from the Secretary of the Royal Collection Trust, Stable Yard House, St James’s Palace, London, SW1A 1JR.

The annual statutory accounts were approved on 9 June 2008 and have been delivered to the Charity Commission and the Registrar of Companies. The accounts have been audited by a qualified auditor, KPMG LLP, who gave an audit opinion which was unqualified and did not include a statement required under section 237 (2) and (3) of the Companies Act 1985.

The summary financial statements of the Royal Collection Trust were approved by the Trustees on 9 June 2008 and were signed on their behalf by:

Mr Peter Troughton Tr u s t e e Sir Alan Reid Trustee

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EXHIBITIONS AND LOANS

ROYAL COLLECTION The Drawings Gallery, Windsor Castle EXHIBITIONS Royal Weddings 1840–1947: An Exhibition to Celebrate the Diamond Wedding Anniversary of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace and Treasures from the Royal Library The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: 27 April 2007 – 11 May 2008 Renaissance & Baroque Royal Weddings: 87 exhibits (photographs, 30 March 2007 – 20 January 2008 watercolours, drawings, books, printed 93 paintings, 85 drawings, 21 books, 24 pieces and manuscript material, fans, insignia and of furniture and sculpture decorative artefacts) Tre a s u re s : 29 exhibits (drawings and watercolours) Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery 14 March – 28 September 2008 88 drawings and watercolours, 41 prints, 2 books

Treasures from the Royal Collection 14 March – 28 September 2008 305 exhibits (paintings, miniatures, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, gems and jewels, personal jewellery and insignia, arms and armour, silver, Fabergé, gold boxes and Indian works of art)

The Ball Supper Room, Buckingham Palace

A Royal Wedding: 20 November 1947 Made to Prince Albert’s design, this brooch, depicting 28 July – 25 September 2007 orange blossom, was sent by him to Queen Victoria soon 124 exhibits (costume, furniture, glass, silver, after their in 1839. It was included in the porcelain, personal jewellery, insignia and medals, exhibition Royal Weddings 1840–1947 at Windsor. watercolours and archival material)

The Ballroom, Buckingham Palace Touring Exhibitions Display of Insignia 28 July – 25 September 2007 National Museum Cardiff 107 pieces of insignia, 3 robes Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci: An Exhibition to Celebrate the Eightieth The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse Birthday of Her Majesty The Queen Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History 23 March – 3 June 2007 in the Age of Discovery 10 drawings by Leonardo da Vinci 2 March – 16 September 2007 88 drawings and watercolours, 2 books The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, and The Castle Museum, Norwich Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting Watercolours and Drawings from the Collection 28 September 2007 – 6 April 2008 of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 51 paintings 19 May – 2 September 2007 6 October 2007 – 6 January 2008 73 drawings, watercolours and prints

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COMBINED LOANS TO Barbican Art Gallery, London EXTERNAL EXHIBITIONS Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now 12 October 2007 – 27 January 2008 1 plate from the Louis XVI Sèvres porcelain service Manchester Art Gallery 1 seau à bouteille from the Louis XVI Sèvres Art Treasures in Manchester: 150 Years On porcelain service 6 October 2007 – 27 January 2008 1 drawing attributed to Giulio Clovio after 1 painting by 1 painting by Sir 3 drawings by Annibale Carracci 1 painting by Parade Shield attributed to Eliseus Libaerts National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Famille verte wine pot Silver Made in Scotland, 1458–2008 Pair of Chinese Celadon ewers 25 January – 27 April 2008 Chinese lacquer box The Huntly Race Prize Sword by William Scott Sèvres porcelain pot-pourri vase The Huntly Race Prize Sword by Robert Cruickshank Pair of Chelsea porcelain pot-pourri vases and covers Presentation Ink Stand Casket by J. Muirhead & Son 1 photograph by Bisson Frères Table setting and candelabra from the Jubilee Banqueting Service by Henry Tatton Receipted account for a Balmoral Highlander’s uniform accoutrements by William Robb

Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin Canaletto e Bellotto: L’arte della Veduta 13 March – 15 June 2008 2 paintings and 17 drawings by Canaletto 3 drawings by Bellotto

SECTION LOANS TO EXTERNAL EXHIBITIONS

Paintings

Städel Museum, Frankfurt The Changing Face of Childhood 20 April – 15 July 2007 1 painting by

Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Kunsthaus Zürich, and Staatliches Museum, Schwerin Among the loans to Silver Made in Scotland, 1458–2008 at Nicolaes Berchem: In the Light of Italy the National Museum of Scotland was this receipted account from William Robb, a jeweller in , . It 16 December 2006 – 16 April 2007 relates to the Balmoral Highlander’s uniform accoutrements 28 April – 20 August 2007 supplied by Robb to King Edward VII in 1903, which were 1 September – 2 December 2007 also included in the loan. 1 painting by Nicolaes Berchem

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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Britain, London, and Rule Britannia! Art, Royalty and Power in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Age of Jamestown 28 April – 12 August 2007 26 September 2007 – 13 January 2008 1 painting by Paul Van Somer 15 February – 18 May 2008 1 painting by Adam Willaerts 1 painting by Sir John Everett Millais 1 painting by Daniel Mytens 1 painting by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom Städel Museum, Frankfurt, and 1 painting by The , London 1 painting by 2 paintings by Willem van de Velde the Younger 23 November 2007 – 17 February 2008 1 painting by Willem van de Velde the Elder 8 March – 8 June 2008 1 painting by Dutch School 1 painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder

House of Lords, London, and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh Karel du Jardin Tercentenary of the Act of Union 14 December 2007 – 18 March 2008 1 May – 1 September 2007 1 painting by Karel du Jardin 21 September – 18 November 2007 1 painting by Musei San Domenico, Forlì Guido Cagnacci Protagonista del Seicento The , London tra Caravaggio e Reni Temptation in Eden: Lucas Cranach’s Adam and Eve 20 January – 22 June 2008 21 June – 23 September 2007 1 painting by Guido Cagnacci 1 painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem The National Gallery, London, and Dirck, Jan, Joseph en Salomon de Bray Mauritshuis, The Hague 2 February – 22 June 2008 Dutch Portraits: The Age of Rembrandt 1 painting by Jan de Bray and Frans Hals 27 June – 16 September 2007 Musée National des Beaux-Arts de Québec 14 October 2007 – 13 January 2008 Québec: une ville et ses artistes 1 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn 14 February – 27 April 2008 1 painting by Jan de Bray 1 painting by Jean-Paul Lemieux

Compton Verney, Warwickshire : Master of Candlelight 30 June – 9 September 2007 Works of Art 1 painting by Georges de la Tour Ancient House Museum, Clare , Greenwich 30 May 2007 – 13 January 2008 Sailor Chic: Fashion’s Love Affair with the Sea The Clare Cross Reliquary 25 July – 2 December 2007 1 painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter The , London Renaissance Silver from the Schroder Collection 12 July – 14 October 2007 The Dolgellau Chalice and Paten

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Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, and Nürnberger Goldschmiede kunst 1541–1868 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 19 September 2007 – 13 January 2008 Poussin and Nature Nautilus Cup by Nikolaus Schmidt 8 October 2007 – 13 January 2008 11 February – 11 May 2008 Château de Versailles 7 drawings by Quand Versailles était meublé d’argent 19 November 2007 – 9 March 2008 Palazzo Barberini, Rome Silver table and mirror by Andrew Moore Pittore 18 October 2007 – 20 January 2008 Australian War Memorial, Canberra 3 drawings by Gian Lorenzo Bernini Lawrence of Arabia and the Light Horse: The Road to Damascus 7 December 2007 – 25 May 2008 British 303 rifle given to T.E. Lawrence Letter relating to the rifle

Capitoline Museum, Rome Ricordi dell’Antico: sculture, porcellane e arredi all’epoca del Grand Tour 6 March – 8 June 2008 Ewer from the ‘Etruscan’ Service, Naples Royal Porcelain Factory Tureen from the ‘Etruscan’ Service, Naples Royal Porcelain Factory

Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris Marie-Antoinette 13 March – 30 June 2008 Garniture of 3 Sèvres vases

Print Room

The Wellcome Trust, London The Heart 4 June – 14 September 2007 3 drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Self-Portrait, c.1665. One of three drawings loaned to the exhibition at the Palazzo Barberini, Palazzo Ducale, Rome, in 2007–8. Two other drawings by Bernini are included Venezia e L’Islam in the Royal Collection’s The Art of Italy exhibition. 28 July – 25 November 2007 1 drawing attributed to Giovanni di Niccolò Mansueti

Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels Le Grand Atelier: chemins de l’art en Europe (Ve–XVIIIe siècle) 5 October 2007 – 20 January 2008 1 drawing by Leonardo da Vinci

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Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science 23 February – 18 May 2008 16 watercolours by Maria Sibylla Merian

Centro Cultural de la Villa, España, 1808–1814: la nación en armas 12 February – 11 May 2008 9 watercolours by Denis Dighton 1 hand-coloured lithograph

Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Perugia Pintoricchio 2 February – 31 August 2008 1 drawing attributed to Georg Konrad Rothbart, The Princes’ Room, Schloss Rosenau, c.1845. Schloss Rosenau, a fortified manor house four miles The Lowry, Salford Quays from Coburg, was Prince Albert’s birthplace and childhood at the Theatre home. The room shown here was used by Prince Albert and 21 March – 6 July 2008 his brother as children. The watercolour was among the loans 1 watercolour by Dame Laura Knight to the Biedermeier exhibition shown in in early 2007 and in Paris in 2007–8.

Musée du Louvre, Paris Royal Library Biedermeier, de l’artisanat au design 18 October 2007 – 14 January 2008 Musée du Louvre, Paris 3 watercolours by J. Ferdinand Rothbart Le chant du monde. L’art de l’Iran safavide, 1 watercolour by Georg Konrad Rothbart 1501–1736 5 October 2007 – 7 January 2008 The Field Museum, Chicago, and 1 illuminated manuscript (Shahnama, The Walters , Baltimore The Book of Kings) Maps: Finding Our Place in the World 2 November 2007 – 27 January 2008 Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire, 16 March – 8 June 2008 Brussels 3 drawings by Leonardo da Vinci 175 ans de l’Ordre de Léopold 12 February – 29 June 2008 Alte Pinakothek, Munich 8 pieces of insignia : Die Madonna in der Alten Pinakothek 1 collar and Great George 21 November 2007 – 24 February 2008 1 drawing by Girolamo Mazzola-Bedoli Royal Photograph Collection Castello Sforzesco, Dagli studi di proporzioni al Trattato della pittura The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, mostra leonardesca and National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 7 December 2007 – 2 March 2008 Impressed by Light: British Photographs from 1 drawing by Leonardo da Vinci Paper Negatives, 1840–1860 25 September – 30 December 2007 3 February – 4 May 2008 1 album

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STAFF OF THE ROYAL COLLECTION

EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS David Rankin-Hunt: of Arms Extraordinary; Deputy Inspector of Regimental Colours; Deputy Inspector of RAF Badges; Archivist and Librarian of the Venerable Order Robert Ball: Member of the Executive Committee of St John, Priory for Wales; Genealogist of the of the National Benevolent Society of Watch and Orders of Chivalry; Trustee Clock Makers; Member of the Council, British of The Guards Museum. Watch and Clock Makers Guild; Trustee of the British Horological Institute Museum Trust. Hugh Roberts: Chairman of the Arts Panel, National Trust; Member of Council, Attingham Martin Clayton: Member of the UK Print Trust; Trustee of the Historic Royal Palaces Trust, Curators’ Forum (until November 2007), and the Harewood House Trust, the Cobbe Collection of the Ente Raccolta Vinciana. Trust, and the Great Steward of Scotland’s Dumfries Paul Cradock: Member of the Executive Committee House Trust; Chairman of the of the National Benevolent Society of Watch and Conservation Advisory Panel; Member of the Clock Makers; Secretary of the British Watch and St George’s Windsor Fabric Advisory Clock Makers’ Guild; Trustee of the British Committee. Horological Institute Museum Trust. Jane Roberts: Member of the Ente Raccolta Allison Derrett: Representative of the Historic Vinciana, the Editorial Advisory Board of the Houses Archivists’ Group on the British Records Master Drawings Association, the Roxburghe Club, Association. the Council of Management of the Windsor Festival, Alan Donnithorne: Visiting Professor at and the Chatsworth House Conservation Advisory Camberwell College of Arts (University of the Panel; Governor of the British Institute of Florence. Arts London). Desmond Shawe-Taylor: Member of the Advisory Joanna Gwilt: Member of Committee and Council for the Hamilton Kerr Institute (University Newsletter Editor, French Porcelain Society. of Cambridge); Trustee of the Samuel Courtauld Trust; Vice President of NADFAS. Kate Heard: Honorary Conference Secretary, British Archaeological Association (until July Richard Thompson: Furniture & Wood Group 2007); Deputy Editor, Journal of the History of Secretary, the Institute of Conservation (IOC). Collections; Member of the UK Print Curators’ Shaun Turner: Lecturer in Woodwork and Frame- Forum (from November 2007). making at the Mary Ward Centre; Lecturer in Jonathan Marsden: Trustee of the National Woodworking at Hammersmith Community College. Art Collections Fund, the Household Cavalry David Wheeler: External examiner, BA and Museum Trust, and the Royal Yacht Britannia MA Furniture Restoration and Conservation, Trust; Member of the Collections Committee, Buckingham Chilterns University College; member Royal College of Music; Hon. Editorial Secretary, of the Conservation Advisory Committee, the Furniture History Society. Wallace Collection. Simon Metcalf: Member of the Conservation Bridget Wright: Honorary Editor of the Annual Committee, Council for the Care of Churches. Report of the Society of the Friends of St George’s and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter.

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STAFF TRAINING Co-ordinator) had 20 (19) full-time and 3 (3) part- time permanent members of staff, and 1 temporary employee (to provide maternity cover) during the year. Valuable support throughout the year Staff from all sections of the Royal Collection was provided by 4 (2) long-term volunteers undertake on average two to three days’ training (3 in the Library and 1 in the Print Room), each year. The training needs of individuals are Paper Conservation students on placements from generally identified as part of the annual review Camberwell College of Arts (University of the process, but training is also linked to specific Arts London), and students from the Leicester curatorial, conservation or visitor-service University Museum Studies course. A team of requirements or initiatives. Examples of this 8 volunteers was recruited for the refurbishment of include an A level language course and History books at Buckingham Palace during the summer. of Art degree (distance learning combined with evening classes), and a day-release woodcarving The Royal Photograph Collection had 2 (2) full- course. Members of staff have also taken part in a time members of staff, assisted by 1 (1) long-term wide range of specialist curatorial and conservation volunteer, 1 (1) intern from the Leicester University courses and conferences, and have undertaken IT Museum Studies course on a two-month summer training, health and safety courses (e.g. on lifting, placement, and 1 student on a two-week work use of ladders, and use of specialist equipment and experience placement. materials), salvage team training, management skills The Royal Archives had 5 (5) permanent full-time and personal development training (e.g. on change and 2 (2) part-time staff throughout the year management, communication and presentation (although the position of Archives Assistant was skills, and public speaking). Royal Collection vacant from March 2007 until January 2008), plus staff have also helped to train staff from other the full-time services of 2 (2) members of the Paper departments of the Royal Household in the Conservation section. The contract of the additional handling and care of the Collection. Archivist was extended for a further six months, until May 2008. In addition, 1 (2) part-time volunteer Records Assistant and 2 (4) additional part-time volunteers assisted the Archivists. The Collections Information section had 11 (8) STAFF NUMBERS full-time and 1 (1) part-time members of staff, and (2006–7 in brackets) the IT section had 3 (3) full-time staff. The Royal Collection’s central office (administrative staff and warden numbers) were as The Pictures section had 9 (9) full-time and 5 (3) follows: part-time members of staff throughout the year, Windsor Castle 132 (125) supported by 2 (2) volunteers. Buckingham Palace and Clarence House 141 (139) The Works of Art section had 15 (15) full-time Palace of Holyroodhouse 54 (50) and 2 (1) part-time members of staff. A full-time degree student at London Metropolitan University Central Retail and Warehousing 16 (14) undertook a six-week placement in the furniture Public Relations and Marketing 7 (6) workshop. Publishing 3 (3) The Royal Library and Print Room (which Education 7 (6) includes the Paper Conservation section, the Exhibitions section, the Assistant Curator at the Photographic Services 8 (9) Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Dal Pozzo Project Finance 13 (11)

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STAFF LIST as at 31 March 2008

DIRECTORATE Purchase Ledger Supervisor Framing and Exhibitions Conservator Mrs Jacqui Timony Michael Field Director of the Royal Collection Sir Hugh Roberts, KCVO, FSA Purchase Ledger Assistants Framing and Exhibitions Technician Miss Carole Cregan Miss Stephanie Carlton Assistant to the Director Miss Laura McLean Mrs Caroline de Guitaut, MVO Paintings Conservation Administrator Head of Management Information, Mrs Nicola Swash Hardie Administrator and Assistant Financial Planning and Reporting to the Surveyors Ms Jane Graham, ACA David Rankin-Hunt, LVO, MBE, TD WORKS OF ART Senior Management Accountant Secretary/Receptionist Mrs Tiemei Xing Surveyor of The Queen’s Works of Art Miss Rachel Carr Sir Hugh Roberts, KCVO, FSA Management Accountant Superintendent of the Royal Collection, Peter Gates Deputy Surveyor of The Queen’s Hampton Court Palace Works of Art Christopher Stevens Systems Accountant Jonathan Marsden, LVO, FSA Louis du Preez Custodian of California Gardens Store, Assistant Curator and Loans Officer Windsor PICTURES (Works of Art) Anthony Barrett, RVM Mrs Caroline de Guitaut, MVO Surveyor of The Queen’s Pictures Assistant Custodian Desmond Shawe-Taylor Assistant Curator Arthur Pottinger Mrs Kathryn Jones Assistant to the Surveyor of The Queen’s Pictures Assistant to the Deputy Surveyor FINANCE Mrs Janice Sacher of The Queen’s Works of Art David Oakey (Staff from the Royal Household Assistant Surveyor of Finance Section who support the The Queen’s Pictures Assistant to Surveyor Emeritus Royal Collection) Miss Lucy Whitaker, MVO of Works of Art Miss Joanna Gwilt Finance Director Assistant Curator – Pictures Michael Stevens, LVO, FCA Mrs Anna Reynolds Senior Furniture Conservator David Wheeler, MVO Financial Controller Assistant Curator and Loans Officer Mrs Indra Jutlla, FCCA (Pictures) Furniture Conservators Miss Jennifer Scott Richard Thompson, MVO, JP Deputy Financial Controller Shaun Turner Ms Virginia Bush, ACCA Senior Paintings Conservator Mrs Jane Wallis Rupert Featherstone, MVO Financial Accountant Senior Gilding Conservator Miss Jenna Buttress Conservators Stephen Sheasby Mrs Karen Ashworth, MVO Credit Controller Al Brewer Gilding Conservators Miss Juliette Wall, MAAT Mrs Claire Chorley Peregrine Bruce-Mitford Mrs Adelaide Izat Miss Elizabeth Parker Cashier Mrs Rosanna de Sancha Miss Jane Hayman

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Armourer and Senior Metalwork Exhibitions Secretary ROYAL ARCHIVES Conservator Miss Helen Smith Simon Metcalf Registrar Junior Exhibitions Assistant Miss Pamela Clark, LVO Senior Horological Conservator Miss Hayley Andrew (Buckingham Palace) Deputy Registrar Robert Ball, MVO Dal Pozzo Project Co-ordinator Mrs Jill Kelsey, MVO Miss Panorea Alexandratos Horological Conservator Assistant Registrars (Buckingham Palace) Head of Paper Conservation Mrs Julie Crocker Paul Cradock, MVO Alan Donnithorne, MVO Miss Allison Derrett, MVO Miss Laura Hobbs Horological Conservator Head of Book Conservation (Windsor Castle) Roderick Lane, MVO, RVM Office Administrator Steven Davidson Mrs Angeline Barker Deputy Head of Book Conservation Miss Irene Campden Archives Assistant THE ROYAL LIBRARY AND Mrs Lynette Beech PRINT ROOM Drawings Conservator Julian Clare, RVM Archives Attendant Librarian and Curator of Mrs Joan Taylor the Print Room Exhibitions and Maintenance The Hon. Lady Roberts, CVO, FSA Conservator David Westwood, MVO, RVM ROYAL COLLECTION DATABASE Secretary to the Librarian AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY and Office Administrator Paper Conservator Mrs Margaret Westwood Mrs Megan Gent, MVO, RVM Head of Collections Information Management Bibliographer Archives Bookbinder Stephen Patterson, LVO Miss Bridget Wright, LVO Mrs Philippa Jones Inventory Clerk (Buckingham Palace) Assistant Bibliographer Conservation Mounter Miss Melanie Edwards Mrs Emma Stuart, MVO Mrs Kathryn Stone Inventory Clerk (Windsor Castle) Deputy Curator of the Print Room General and Workshop Assistant Mrs Elaine Ward Martin Clayton, MVO Martin Gray Senior Database Cataloguer Assistant Curator (Paintings) Miss Kate Heard, FSA ROYAL PHOTOGRAPH Miss Alex Buck COLLECTION Print Room Assistant Database Cataloguers (Works of Art) Mrs Rhian Wong Curator of the Royal Photograph Miss Julia Bagguley Collection Steven Blench Print Room Secretary and Miss Sophie Gordon Administrator Database Cataloguer Mrs Jean Cozens Assistant Curator of the Royal (Books and Indexes) Photograph Collection Paul Carter Exhibitions Co-ordinator Mrs Lisa Heighway Miss Theresa-Mary Morton, LVO Database Cataloguer (Prints and Drawings) Exhibitions and Loans Assistant Miss Sabrina Mackenzie Mrs Alice Bender Database Cataloguer (Photographs) Exhibitions Assistant Paul Stonell Stephen Weber

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Database Cataloguer (Works of Art), PUBLISHING Merchandisers acting Inventory Clerk Miss Charlotte Carter (Windsor Castle) Publisher Miss Lei Song Miss Beth Clackett Mrs Jacky Colliss Harvey Assistant Merchandiser Database Cataloguer Editor and Managing Editor, Miss Odette Tait (Photographs and Pictures) Dal Pozzo Project Alessandro Nasini Miss Kate Owen, FSA Retail Co-ordinator Miss Lucinda Gooch, MVO Database Cataloguer Publishing Assistant Mrs Siân Cooksey Mrs Debbie Bogard Retail Operations Administrator Miss Jacqueline Bowden IT Projects and Business Process Manager EDUCATION Warehouse Manager Paul Miller James Hoyle Head of Education Systems Development Officers Miss Marion Carlisle Warehouse Administrator James Smith Roger Freeman Tim Stocker Senior Education Co-ordinator Miss Amy Watsham Warehouse Operatives Bernard Barfield ROYAL COLLECTION Education Co-ordinator, Windsor Castle Trevor Cline ENTERPRISES LIMITED Mrs Penelope Russell Patrick Donegan Mrs Rossana Earles Managing Director Education Assistant, Windsor Castle James Hall George Ruiz, ACA Mrs Catherine Martin

PA to Managing Director Education Co-ordinator, PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES Miss Tess Bayley Buckingham Palace Miss Isobel Aptaker Head of Photographic Services Miss Shruti Patel PUBLIC RELATIONS AND Education Co-ordinator, MARKETING Palace of Holyroodhouse Senior Picture Library Assistant Miss Alison Campbell Miss Karen Lawson Director of Public Relations and Marketing Picture Library Assistants Miss Frances Dunkels, LVO RETAIL AND WAREHOUSING Miss Louise Oliver Miss Lucie Strnadova Business Development Manager Retail Director Miss Susanna Mann Mrs Nuala McGourty, LVO Digital Imager Daniel Partridge Press and Public Relations Officers Head of Design Miss Kathryn Cecil Miss Katrina Munro Senior Photographers Miss Emma Shaw (maternity leave) Stephen Chapman, MVO Miss Anne Marie Todaro Production Controller Mrs Eva Zielinska-Millar (maternity cover) Ian Grant Photographer Assistant Sales and Marketing Officer Senior Buyer Dominic Brown Miss Gemma Elliott Mrs Charlotte Burton

Assistant Press Officer Buyer Miss Rachel Woollen Johan Verbruggen

Web and Marketing Assistant Miss Anna Bowdler

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BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Mrs Ursula Claxton Retail Administrator THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Miss Carly Collier Miss Grace Swanborough AND THE ROYAL MEWS Ms Jill Davis Ms Helen De Saram Retail Assistants Head of Visitor Services Miss Rebecca Dean Douglas Bell (Buckingham Palace and Ms Lynne Denham Miss Katie Birch Windsor Castle) Stephen Denham Mrs Lieselotte Burdoff-Cook Miss Kerry Bishop, MVO Mrs Sandra Dwelly Mrs Sheila Clements Mrs Susannah Geary Kevin Dimmock Operations Manager Alan Lyon Miss Elena Donnaruma Miss Helen Franklin Miss Laura Marriot Ms Teresa Head Miss Ilenia Martini Miss Amanda-Esther Idowu Visitor Office Administrator Tim Matthews Francois Kriel Miss Amanda Jacobs William Owen Miss Charlene Lorigan Miss Sarah Perry Chun Hoe Lum Staff Co-ordinator Mrs Valerie Ross Mrs Claire McDougall Samuel Faure Ackroyd Miss Emma Stell Mrs Fiona Moore Mrs Rosemary Trimmer Charles Nicholls Senior Wardens Glenn Webb Craig Pryor David Armour Miss Jessica Weightman Miss Stacey Samuels Clive Bayard Mrs Patricia Sweetland Miss Claire Johnson Wardens – Casual Mrs Mary Money George Banham Retail Assistants – Casual Matthew Caro Mrs Penny Dalziel-Smith Supervising Warden, Bob Castledine Ms Helen Hollis The Royal Mews David Charleston Miss Karen Mason Ernie Kingston Mrs Barbara Donne Johan Tegal Mrs Peggy Duffin Wardens Mrs Sheila Edgar Head of Ticketing and Sales Colin Adams Ms Juan Edwards Mark Fisher Mrs Anita Banks Miss Christine Erne Ms Marie Barenski Vernon Goodwin Assistant Ticket Sales and Mrs Elspeth Bayley Mrs Beverley Hemsley Information Manager Mrs Marilyn Carpenter John Kevin Foster Ms Gisele Deliege Mrs Margaret Legg Miss Pamela Eden Miss Maureen Maron Specialist Sales Supervisor Mrs Catherine Fyfield George Martin Miss Janice Galvin Miss Carolyn Glover Donald Masoperh Miss Louise Halfpenny Brian McBride Operations Supervisor Martin Harris Michael Nash Miss Lucy Allen Mrs Fiona Kuznetsova Miss Margie Nolan Stephen Kyte Miss Heather Pettit Technical Support Supervisor Alan Nurse Mrs Anna Thomas Gareth Thomas Ralph Pottinger Miss Nikki Williams Dr Shalini Punjani Staffing and Development Supervisor Mrs Monika Rubens Retail Manager Mrs Prakuti Deolia Mrs Angela Rycroft Mrs Virginia Green Martin Sumner Ticket Sales and Information Keith Waye Assistant Retail Managers Office Administrator Miss Beatriz Ramirez Miss Elizabeth Grogan Wardens – Seasonal Mark Randall Mrs Janis Aunon Ticket Sales and Information Senior Retail Assistant Education Assistant Mrs Federica Callegari Miss Diana Rakhimova Miss Joanne Lusher

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Ticket Sales and Information Staff Operations Administrator Visitor Services Assistants – Casual Assistants Miss Clare Skelly Brian Atkinson Henry Dawe Miss Nathalie Bikoro James Healey Visitor Operations Administrator Mrs Valerie Bullett Miss Audrey Lawrence Miss Alison Hodgkiss Mrs Marlene Hawkins Richard Margerison Mrs Janet Maxwell Mrs Rachael Marsh Staff Co-ordinator Mrs Rosemary Osgood, RVM Mrs Terry Oliver Miss Emma Featherstone Mrs Marit Stokes Lee Preston Neil Vaughan Visitor Office Assistant Mrs Marjorie Wise Ticket Sales and Information Mrs Helena Holden Miss Emma Wood Assistants – Casual Mehraj Ahmed Assistant Retail Manager Senior Wardens Mrs Rina Bhudia Mrs Susan Asbery Ms Susan Ashby Miss Rachel Brookes Mrs Claude-Sabine Bikoro Miss Hannah Couch Retail Supervisor Mrs Caroline Sara Miss Mariam El-sraidi Miss Hanna Cross Jeffrey Wilson Miss Hushvir Gill Miss Laura Grant Senior Retail Assistant Deputy Senior Wardens Miss Leila Haddou Mrs Anne McGowan Peter Girtley Badrul Islam Mrs Carla Weston Hasnain Kakal Senior Ticket Sales Assistant Eric Lofty Mrs Shirlee Pouncett Wardens Miss Barbara Neofitou Colin Ailes Miss Fiona Otika Retail Assistant Mrs Maria Axelson Miss Katherine Pursey Mrs Kathleen Gomm Gerald Bailey Miss Louise Rayment Marcus Barton Mrs Anna Roman Visitor Services Assistants Mrs Prunella Beesley Miss Christina Smith Mrs Linda Bacon Mrs Danitza Bowers Miss Leanne Ward Miss Gemma Buckner Michael Campbell Miss Mengnan Zhang Miss Africa Calzón Ross Clark Mrs Janet Cary Miss Jacqueline Clemson Miss Nagina Chaudhry Mrs Janet Cole WINDSOR CASTLE Cedric Chen Philip Cook Brian Deenihan Mrs Sheila Cook Visitor Manager Mrs Jane Denman David Coxhead Mrs Christine Taylor Mrs Ann Devitt Mrs Patricia Curtis Mrs Yvonne Edwards John Driscoll Retail and Display Manager Miss Kathryn Freeman Stanley Edwards Miss Jacqueline Clarke Mrs Brenda Gardner Miss Adele Fellows Mrs Ludmila Guze Miss Andrea Filipová Operations Manager Mrs Olga Horlock Richard Garratt John Phillips Mrs Patrizia Knight Anthony Golding Mrs Kay Leach Mrs Sarah Gunton Admissions Manager Mark Lines Charles Hartley John Sugg Mrs Judith Major Miss Sophie Haynes Mrs Jane McKenzie Mrs Irene Hilsdon Financial Administrator Miss Yvonne Owour Mrs Susan Hiscock Roger Freeman Mrs Sandra Ridgley Richard Hisee Adam Robertson Michael Holland Weekend and Relief Cashiers Mrs Diane Smith Mrs Lorna Holliday Mrs Valerie Bullett Mrs Kathleen Temple Mrs Rita Horner Miss Africa Calzón Mrs Huai Fiona Yan Mrs Catherine Ingham Gary Langford

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Ralph Leach John Clayton Bert Turner Paul Leighton Peter Cockbain Mrs Janet Waters Michael Macaskill Geoffrey Cox Anthony Wise David Mason Mrs Angela Cripps Ronald Wise Mrs Freda Mason Kevin Cronin Mrs Patricia Wright Miss Anne Meyer Malcolm Davis Miss Bina Modi Mrs Caroline Dewell Cleaner Ms Giulia Ovidi John Dexter Jonathan Taylor Mrs Elizabeth Pantia Paul Dunham Keith Parker, RVM Brian Dupe Cleaner – Casual Christopher Phillips David Emerson Brian Jacobs Mrs Roberta José Phillips Henry Everist Miss Victoria Pipe John Fennell Nicholas Preston Mrs Rita Ford PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE Ian Purdy Francis Franklin Arturo Ramirez James Ganley Superintendent Miss Josephine Redfern Roy Gardner Geoffrey Mackrell Ms Berni Reid Norman Garrett Edwin Rodbard-Brown Keith Gordon Visitor Operations Manager Mrs Heike Ross Ronald Grant Mrs Kirsty McNiece Mrs Lauren Samet Mrs Nancy Green, RVM Mrs Lourdes Santos Gordon Haines Assistant Curator John Seymour Mrs Jacqueline Haines Mrs Deborah Clarke Mrs Karen Shirtcliffe Brian Hall Victor Sidebotham Alan Head Head Warden Miss Ellen Skelly Mrs Brenda Herbert Miss Joanne Butcher Allan Smith John Hetherington Ms Jean Spratley Peter Hicks Senior Wardens Graham Stagg Francis Holland, RVM Mrs Pilar Aran Mrs Aileen Sutherland Mrs Margaret Holmes Brian Coutts Miss Grace Swanborough John Janes Ms Monica Tandy Mrs Diana Jolley Wardens Christopher Taylor Paul Kar Miss Rosie Croker Alun Thomas Mrs Leueen Killingbeck Colin Dempster Christopher Thomas Mrs Margaret Lambeth Miss Harriette Jackson Christopher Tilly Miss Enda McArdle Henry Lennox Jonathan Velardi Mrs Patricia McGill Miss Carol Leslie Mrs Anna Wallas Ian Mumford Peter Whyte Barry Ward, RVM Geoffrey Murray Miss Linda Ward Mrs Pearl Nodwell Visitor Services Assistants Robert Webster Richard Payne Juan Aguero Benítez Miss Rebecca Welch Bryan Percy Miss Mary Cooke Joseph Wood Mrs Patricia Pipe Miss Emma Hall Peter Woodall Frank Poole Ross Hannay Derek Woodman Malcolm Potter Brian Morley Geoffrey Woodruff Martin Potter Miss Yvonne Rollert Robert Queen Miss Rachel Skilling Wardens – Casual Kenneth Read Paul Steele Robert Atcheson Rodney Richardson David Thomson Dennis Benford Ms Molly Rudge Paul Wade Ricardo Bessford René Schurtenberger Maurice Bevis Roger Taoka-Thompson Retail Manager David Buttimer Mrs Mary Tapsall Miss Shirley Duke Leonard Chandler Hugh Tomlinson

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Assistant Retail Manager Administrative Assistant Chef de Partie Miss Claire Rowe Mrs Alison Gove Ignacio Javierre

Retail and Admissions Financial Assistant Café Assistants Supervisor Mrs Elaine Maclean Miss Iwona Dmochowska Harry Ferguson Scott Duncan Café Manager Ticket Sales Assistants Derek Rushton Leading Porter Miss Jennie Crossley Gary Robertson, RVM Mrs Zoë Hayes Café Supervisors Miss Janet Stirling Dale Cormack Daily Ladies Scott Gibb Mrs Elinor Allan Sales Assistants Mrs Doreen Fraser Miss Shona Cowe Head Chef Mrs Janet Ferguson Christian Miles Gallery Cleaner Miss Rosemary Hunter Stuart Clarke

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