Our partners
We work in partnership with a number of organisations which allows our items and collections to inspire and be more easily accessed by people around the world.
Designers Guild
www.designersguild.com/the-royal-collection
Established in 1970, one of the foremost home and lifestyle companies designing and producing furnishing fabrics and wallcoverings worldwide has launched The Royal Collection of Fabrics and Wallpapers under a worldwide association with the Royal Collection.
Tricia Guild and her design team have created a range of fabrics and furnishings which are inspired by the magnificent interiors of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, official residences of Her Majesty The Queen, and by works of art in the Royal Collection and are produced using the finest weavers, printers and specialist mills.
The Queen's Dolls' House Collection from the Dolls House Emporium
Collectors can now enjoy some of the fabulous miniatures originally commissioned from the most prestigious artisans in 1924 for Queen Mary's Dolls' House. The range - which is being added to room by room - includes furniture, accessories and décor to bring licensed reproductions into collectors' own homes for the first time.
Established in 1979, The Dolls House Emporium is now the world's leading supplier of dolls' houses and miniature collectables. Based in Derbyshire, UK, the company employs over 60 people and distributes more than 30 precision-made houses and some 2,500 related accessories worldwide via traditional channels and the Internet, while also supporting around 400 retailers at home and abroad.
Fonds Mercator
Mercator are one of the leading European publishers of art books and exhibition catalogues, working with world-famous collections including the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and New York’s MoMA. Royal Collection Publications has partnered with Mercator to create Flemish, French, Dutch and German editions for a number of recent titles, including Fabergé’s Animals: A Royal Farm in Miniature and Bruegel to Rubens: Masters of Flemish Painting.
Leonardo Anatomist App from the App Store
The Royal Collection has partnered with Touch Press and Primal Pictures to create an interactive app for iPad to accompany the exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist, at The Queen’s Gallery, London, open from May 2012.
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Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace App from the App Store
The Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace app is designed to enhance the experience of watching this traditional military ceremony, which has taken place at the Palace since 1837.
The Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace is priced at 69p and includes:
- An interactive map, showing visitors where they are in relation to London landmarks and what route the Guard will take.
- Interviews with serving soldiers, who explain how they manage to stay in formation, how they keep their boots shiny, and how long they spend on duty.
- A ‘Kids’ Zone’, with answers to the questions children always ask – such as, ‘Why do the guards never smile when they are on duty?’
- Information about the music used in the ceremony.
- A key to recognising the regiments by their buttons and the plumes in their bearskin caps.
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Royal Weddings App from the App Store and the Android Store
The Royal Collection has launched the first official ‘Royal App’ about royal weddings of the past, in the run-up to the forthcoming marriage of HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton. The Royal Weddings app tells the story of seven royal weddings, from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840, to TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall in 2005.
Royal Collection Apps are the latest way that the Royal Household is engaging with new media and follows the successful launch of the British Monarchy’s presence on Facebook and Flickr last year, of the Royal Twitter account in 2009 and the Royal Channel on YouTube in 2007. The Royal Weddings app, which will be available in eight languages, is the first in a series of Royal Collection Apps to be launched this year.
Over the last two centuries, royal weddings have evolved from strictly private occasions to international celebrations. With the advent of photography, film, television and now new technology, ever-increasing numbers can witness and participate in these events. The Royal Weddings app reveals the tradition, splendour and romance of the seven royal weddings and includes images of wedding dresses and jewellery, gifts exchanged between bride and groom, presents from family and friends, wedding cakes and flowers.
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Picture credits
Unless otherwise stated all images: Royal Collection copyright (c) 2011, HM Queen Elizabeth II
Photographer credits:
- Buckingham Palace White Drawing Room - photographer Derry Moore
- Buckingham Palace Façade - photographer Andrew Holt