{"id":149721,"date":"2026-03-02T15:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/149721\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:17:08","slug":"queen-elizabeth-iis-185-year-old-christening-gown-to-go-on-public-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/149721\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth II’s 185-year-old christening gown to go on public display"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queen Elizabeth II’s 185-year-old christening gown is set to go on public display for the first time.<\/p>\n

The silk gown, which has been worn by 62 royal babies, is partnered with a note written by the late Queen listing members of her family who have worn the garment.<\/p>\n

The robe will go on display in April as part of the centenary exhibition Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style at the King’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n

Caroline de Guitaut, the exhibition’s creator, said: “The christening robe was the most significant garment worn by Princess Elizabeth in her infancy and is an exceptional example of British craftsmanship – something Queen Elizabeth went on to champion throughout her life.<\/p>\n

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“As the earliest piece of clothing worn by the Queen, and by so many royal babies before and after her, it holds a special place in her wardrobe. <\/p>\n

“We are delighted to be able to share it with as many people as possible in this centenary year.”<\/p>\n

First worn by Princess Victoria, Queen Victoria’s eldest child, for her christening in 1841, the gown has been passed down and worn by numerous generations. <\/p>\n

Elizabeth wore the garment at her christening in May 1926, when she was just a month old.<\/p>\n

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The gown has been worn by 62 royal babies<\/p>\n

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Some 200 items will be displayed from April 10, each showing the late Queen’s style through the years.<\/p>\n

The robe was created by Queen Victoria’s Scottish dressmaker and embroiderer, Janet Sutherland, and is made of cream Spitalfields silk from East London.<\/p>\n

It was repaired in the 1960s, but Elizabeth II retired the garment in 2004, deeming it too delicate.<\/p>\n

Angela Kelly, her dressmaker, made an exact replica of the gown using Honiton lace.<\/p>\n

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Alongside the gown, a list of royal babies who wore the garment has been listed<\/p>\n

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It was first worn by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh’s son, James, Viscount Severn, when he was christened in 2008.<\/p>\n

Multiple young royals have worn the gown since, including Prince George in 2013, Princess Charlotte in 2015 and Prince Louis in 2018.<\/p>\n

Ms Kelly laid out how she created the replica garment in her book, The Other Side of the Coin.<\/p>\n

She wrote: “At each stage of the process, I would show our progress to the Queen: first the bodies, then the sleeves attached to it, then the skirt with the under-layers on, and finally the completed robe. Her Majesty was very interested to see how it was developing.”<\/p>\n

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The late Queen’s note records some of the babies who wore the gown, with the Royal Collection Trust (RCT) noting its importance for the Royal Family.<\/p>\n

Some 100 hours of conservation treatment have been conducted by Cecilia Oliver, the textile conservator for the RCT.<\/p>\n

She said: “The robe has been lovingly cared for over the generations – we even found a note on its box instructing that it be washed in natural spring water after use, which helps explain its remarkable condition despite such frequent use.<\/p>\n

“However, after 185 years and 62 christenings, it was in need of conservation. It has been an honour and a privilege to work on such a special historic garment.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth II’s 185-year-old christening gown is set to go on public display for the first time. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,1312,122,124,123,6665],"class_list":["post-149721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-royal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}