Tim & Rosemary visit Holkham Hall in North Norfolk, as they retrace the steps of 16 year old Victoria on a two day visit there, in 1835, two years before she became Queen. It was part of a PR drive by Her mother, the Duchess of Kent, who was keen to show Victoria off to her future subjects. And it was obviously working. Tim reveals how, in nearby Kings Lynn, the townspeople insisted on pulled her carriage around the town in celebration of her visit, and he also discovers the young princess's love of music and how on this visit she was involved karaoke, Victorian style. Rosemary discovers that the kitchen was a sacred place and only those actually involved in the cooking would have crossed the threshold. But the different downstairs teams still had to talk to each other, so they installed the latest technology to communicate, which she tries out. With chef and food historian Ivan Day, Rosemary recreates an authentic and intricate nineteenth century dish. Made with aspic, artichokes, broad beans and foie gras, it's all shaped in special moulds that Ivan finds in the Halls' amazing kitchen which still has its original pots and pans from the time of Victoria's visit.
Chef Rosemary Shrager and Antiques expert Tim Wonnacott visit The Royal Pavilion Brighton to reveal the story behind 19 year old Queen Victoria's visit during the Christmas Holidays in 1838 – the year she became queen. Tim shows us the extraordinary Chinese style interior and reveals just how it ...
At the time of this visit Victoria had been married to Albert for 2 years and had given birth to her first two children Princess Victoria and Prince Albert Edward. Amazingly their host, the Earl of Mansfield, had been planning the trip for two years, had problems with cowboy builders along the wa...
Tim Wonnacott and Rosemary Shrager are at Walmer Castle in Kent in the footsteps of Queen Victoria who was 23 years old and had been queen for 5 years when she visited in November of 1842 with Albert and their two children, Edward and Victoria, both under two. It got off to a bad start when the r...
