eft: Princess Elizabeth’s Wedding Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1947. Right: The Queen’s Coronation Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1953.Copyright: Royal Collection Enterprises Limited©
eft: Princess Elizabeth’s Wedding Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1947. Right: The Queen’s Coronation Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1953.Copyright: Royal Collection Enterprises Limited©
eft: Princess Elizabeth’s Wedding Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1947. Right: The Queen’s Coronation Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1953.Copyright: Royal Collection Enterprises Limited©
eft: Princess Elizabeth’s Wedding Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1947. Right: The Queen’s Coronation Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1953.Copyright: Royal Collection Enterprises Limited©
eft: Princess Elizabeth’s Wedding Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1947. Right: The Queen’s Coronation Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1953.Copyright: Royal Collection Enterprises Limited©
eft: Princess Elizabeth’s Wedding Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1947. Right: The Queen’s Coronation Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1953.Copyright: Royal Collection Enterprises Limited©
eft: Princess Elizabeth’s Wedding Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1947. Right: The Queen’s Coronation Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1953.Copyright: Royal Collection Enterprises Limited©
eft: Princess Elizabeth’s Wedding Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1947. Right: The Queen’s Coronation Dress, Norman Hartnell, 1953.Copyright: Royal Collection Enterprises Limited©
Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III
QUEENS DRESSES & OPTIONAL BUCKINGHAM PALACE
BY TRAIN
Saturday 22nd August 2026


Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III
Images by kind permission of the Royal Collection Trust
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style
Discover the remarkable style of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch through clothing worn in all ten decades of her life - from birth to adulthood, from princess to queen, and from off-duty style to dressing for the global stage for momentous occasions in Britain’s history.Featuring more than 300 items, many on display for the first time, this is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of the late Queen’s fashion ever mounted.
Alongside clothing, jewellery, hats, shoes and accessories, explore never-before-seen design sketches, fabric samples and handwritten correspondence that reveal the behind-the-scenes process of dressing the most famous woman in the world and shed new light on the late Queen’s close involvement in the creation of her wardrobe.
Highlights include her christening robe, bridesmaid dress, wedding dress, Coronation dress and the ensemble worn for the wedding of Princess Margaret.
A multi-media guide is included.
We plan on catching the 8.04 train from Newton Abbot which should get into Paddington at 11.14.
Time for those to who wish to go to Buckingham Palace at 12.15.
Cost £125.00 2nd class day return train, Newton Abbot - London Paddington
timed ticket 13.45 to Kings Gallery for Queens Dresses exhibition.
You will be able to convert into a 1 year pass for Kings Gallery on exit.
If you would like to add on visit to Buckingham Palace at 12.15 + £33.00
again you can convert to 1 year pass.
We plan on returning on the 17.03 which arrives into Newton 19.36
or the 18.03 which arrives 20.33
You have to make your own way to/from Buckingham Palace,
bus passes accepted in London.
£50 non-refundable deposit with booking
Balance due by 10th July.
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cancellations
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