Just in time for the new year, the Royal Collection Trust has
announced another major exhibition to accompany Queen Elizabeth
II: Her Life in Style, with another stylish queen on
display.
The Royal Collection Trust announced that The Edwardians:
Age of Elegance will be opening at The King’s Gallery,
Palace of Holyroodhouse on 24 April
2026.
Originally staged at The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, the
exhibition explores the glamorous lives and legacies of Queen
Alexandra, King Edward VI, Queen Mary, and King George V. Alexandra
and Edward were considered taste-makers in their own right, and
Mary and George continued on in their reign.
Photo by Jessica
Storoschuk
Both Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary were style icons in their
own right. As Princess of Wales, Alexandra influenced women’s
fashions across the west for several decades, while Mary’s
unofficial collecting policy built a wildly impressive jewellery
collection for the Royal Family.
Artist François Flameng’s sophisticated and opulent 1908
portrait of Queen Alexandra will be on display in the exhibition.
Originally hung in the Crimson Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, but
was moved to Buckingham Palace after the Second World War where it
normally hangs in the White Drawing Room.
A portrait of Queen Mary by Welsh artist William Samuel Henry
Llewellyn will also be on display in the exhibition for the first
time ever. The two portraits will stand beside marble busts of
their husbands.
The Edwardians: Age of Elegance will be open at The
King’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse from 24 April to 6 December
2026.