The royal family have become Britain's biggest soap opera
An exhibition of Queen Elizabeth II's wardrobe at Buckingham Palace has become a major success, with tickets sold out for the next year. The collection features items ranging from her childhood clothes to iconic state visit gowns, drawing both royalists and tourists.
Why it matters
It highlights the enduring global fascination with the British monarchy and the economic impact of royal-themed tourism.
IN A GALLERY tucked away around the back of Buckingham Palace, an exhibition elegantly titled ‘Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style’ is currently doing a roaring trade.
Tickets are rarer than snaps of a laughing Enoch Burke, and all are sold out until next year – the original six-month April to October run has been extended out to 12 months. It has garnered glowing reviews, most particularly in the more patriotic publications of the English media.
The theme of the exhibition is quite simple; a curated collection of Queen Elizabeth’s wardrobe from lace-bedecked baby clothes to tweeds-and-headscarves to frocks and ballgowns, plus a couple of diamond bedecked tiaras which could take your eye out.
The gown worn by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II for the historic first State Visit to Ireland in 2011. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo
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