Art that tells the story of 900 years of Monarchy: A new eight-part Series from BBC - ArtNews Magazine

artwork: Tea anyone? A curator from the Royal Collection examines a miniature tea set measuring just 1 cm. in height which was originally owned by Queen Alexandra of Denmark. The Royal Fabergé collection includes more than 100 items from the celebrated artist who was first collected by Queen Victoria in the late 19th century

LONDON.- A collaboration between BBC Radio 4 and the Royal Collection to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, BBC Radio 4 illuminates the long history of the Monarchy in a new eight-part series, The Art of Monarchy (broadcast from February 2012). Presented by BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz, the programmes explore the monarchs who have ruled these islands through the works of art they have acquired. Traveling from Balmoral Castle in Scotland to the Royal Library at Windsor and from the State Rooms of Buckingham Palace to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, Will speaks to historians, academics and Royal Collection curators, all of whom share their expertise and explain how the chosen objects illustrate the subjects examined in the programmes, including faith, progress, war and legacy.