The Queen’s elegant Platinum Jubilee outfits go on display for the first time in Holyrood exhibition celebrating her 70-year reign
- Display features two outfits worn for the Platinum Jubilee appearances
- There is her green wool coat and pale blue dress at the exhibition
- Also features outfits from previous Jubilees and presents she has received
- Will be on display from Sunday until 25 September at Holyroodhouse
The outfits worn by the Queen for her appearances on the Buckingham Palace balcony over the Platinum Jubilee weekend will go on display for the first time.
The two outfits, consisting of a coat and matching hat, will go on display from Sunday at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, as part of an exhibition celebrating the Platinum Jubilee.
It coincides with the Queen and senior royals including Prince Charles’ visit to Scotland for Holyrood Week.
The outfits worn by the Queen for her appearances on the Buckingham Palace balcony over the Platinum Jubilee weekend will go on display for the first time. For her first Platinum Jubilee appearance at Trooping the Colour, the Queen wore a pale blue dress with a matching coat and hat for the event, featuring a delicate beaded and diamanté trim
The Queen’s outfit for the last day of celebrations was designed by Stewart Parvin and the hat by milliner Rachel Trevor-Morgan
The Platinum Jubilee ensembles will be displayed alongside outfits worn by Her Majesty to celebrate the Silver, Golden, Diamond and Platinum Jubilees, as well as a selection of gifts which were given to her at official engagements in Scotland throughout her 70-year reign.
For her first Platinum Jubilee appearance at Trooping the Colour, the Queen wore a pale blue dress with a matching coat and hat for the event, featuring a delicate beaded and diamanté trim.
It had also been worn by her Majesty for the official Platinum Jubilee photograph which was taken by Ranald Mackechnie the week before.
The second ensemble she wore for the Platinum Jubilee was a green wool-crêpe dress and coat designed by Stewart Parvin, paired with a wool-crêpe hat by milliner Rachel Trevor-Morgan.
She sported the outfit when she made her appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony after the Platinum Jubilee Pageant on 5 June, which marked the end of four days of celebrations across the UK and Commonwealth.
The exhibition will also feature the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee outfit which she wore to the Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral and a lunch at Guildhall, on 5 June 2012
Another outfit on display is Her Majesty’s outfit for the Golden Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving in 2002- a blue silk-crêpe coat and dress by royal couturier, Sir Hardy Amies, who began designing clothing for The Queen in 1955 and was renowned for his elegant tailoring
The Queen chose another outfit by Sir Hardy Amies for the Silver Jubilee in 1977, wearing a dress, coat and stole in pink silk-crêpe and chiffon
Workers are seen adjusting the outfits which are on display at Holyroodhouse until the end of September
The exhibition will also feature the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee outfit which she wore to the Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral and a lunch at Guildhall, on 5 June 2012.
Her ensemble for the Diamond Jubilee was created by Angela Kelly and is a pale turquoise dress and coat which is embroidered with scattered silver flowers and a coordinating hat embellished with chiffon and diamanté.
Another outfit on display is Her Majesty’s outfit for the Golden Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving in 2002- a blue silk-crêpe coat and dress by royal couturier, Sir Hardy Amies, who began designing clothing for The Queen in 1955 and was renowned for his elegant tailoring.
Her look was finished with a hat created by miliner Frederick Fox. She chose another outfit by Sir Hardy Amies for the Silver Jubilee in 1977, wearing a dress, coat and stole in pink silk-crêpe and chiffon.
There are also a group of works relating to the Queen’s first official visit to Edinburgh, 20 days after her Coronation at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953.
There are also gifts on display that the Queen has received from her many royal engagements in Scotland over the years
Additionally, the keys from this week’s ceremony of the keys in Edinburgh are on display at the exhibition
There is a silver, wood and granite model of the Queensferry Crossing presented to the Queen by the Scottish Government in 2017
There is also a silver bowl engraved with a traditional blessing, presented by the Caledonian Club on the Golden Jubilee in 2002
Live performances will bring the Palace to life, with records spun by a gramophone DJ, a live jazz band and jive demonstrations.
Fifties fashions are encouraged and vintage hairstyling experts will be on hand to help complete any outfit.
Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy the Palace in the summer evening light and explore its historic State Apartments, as well as enjoying short curator talks about the Platinum Jubilee special display.
The exhibition also features a glass and silver curling stone given at the opening of Aberdeen Curling Rink in 1983
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