The Royal Albert Hall was envisaged by Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort. Sadly he died, in 1861, before it was completed. The grieving Victoria commissioned the adjacent Albert Memorial in his memory. Both were completed in the early 1870’s and, although of very different and extravagant styles, compliment each other perfectly. NEW! Royal Albert Hall […]
The blog design has now been finalised, so this is what you should see on your next visit… along with some shiny new pictures, of course! This is the wonderful Central Hall at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington.