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Seamstresses from the Royal School of Needlework, at Hampton Court Palace, work on the crimson velvet Robe of State that King Charles will wear on arrival at Westminster Abbey. PA Images/Alamy

May 3, 2023

How King Charles III’s coronation robes – and other historical garments – are conserved

Leanne Tonkin, Nottingham Trent University

From the coronation robes, made of gold to last centuries, to David Bowie’s jumpsuits created from the newest materials, dress archives have stories to tell.

HRH The Princess Mary in 1912, aged 15. She was was the third child of King George V and Queen Mary. Chronicle / Alamy Stock Photo

December 16, 2021

Presents from a princess: the mission to deliver 2.6 million Christmas gifts to soldiers and sailors on the 1914 frontline

Peter Doyle, London South Bank University

The story of how a teenage princess launched one of the first global charity campaigns.

Traditional Japanese tattoo. Save Tattooing in Japan/Facebook

February 24, 2017

Ink stigma: the Japanese tattoo artists fighting back

Stephen Crabbe, University of Portsmouth

Japanese tattoos have been popular in the UK since King George V. But things are different in Japan.

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