New exhibition explores relationship between British and Russian royal dynasties

A fashionable Russian-style dress worn by Princess Charlotte, daughter of George IV; three of Fabergé’s celebrated Imperial Easter eggs; and some of the earliest-known photographs of Moscow and St Petersburg are among almost 300 works in the new exhibition Russia: Royalty & the Romanovs, on view now at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. The exhibition examines familial and diplomatic links between Britain and Russia and their royal houses over a period of 300 years, beginning with Peter the Great’s visit to Britain in 1698. Russia: Royalty & the Romanovs is the first exhibition from the Royal Collection to explore these historic links through decorative arts, paintings, jewellery, costume, books, letters and photographs, many of which are on public display for the first time. Emperor Alexander I visited London in 1814, and his presence may have influenced a fashion for Russian cl