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Morning: Treasures and Curiosities from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle
Aftenoon: Windsor Castle: Fire, Restoration and The Queen at Windsor
Date: Saturday, 24th March 2012 at 10am
Lecturer: Oliver Everett
Location: DESY Hörsaal
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Study day
Morning session
Treasures and Curiosities from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle
The Library is primarily used by the Queen to show to her guests after dinner parties at Windsor Castle. This is because it is so full of a great range of fascinating objects associated with the history of Britain and the Royal family.
The lecture gives a tour of the Library similar to that experienced by the Queen's guests. The Library is open to academic researchers but not to the general public. The lecture therefore constitutes a rare opportunity to see its rooms and treasures. These treasures include beautiful and rare books and manuscripts; books with personal royal associations; old master drawings (Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Holbein, Canaletto) and watercolours; jewellery; insignia of Orders of Chivalry; miniature paintings; clocks; fans; maps; the shirt in which Charles I was executed; and the Queen's description (when Princess Elizabeth, aged 11) of her father's Coronation in 1937.
Afternoon session
Windsor Castle: Fire, Restoration and The Queen at Windsor
The fire at Windsor Castle in 1992 is described and illustrated, together with the remarkable restoration which was completed five years later. The Queen commissioned watercolour paintings of the Castle after the fire and after the restoration. Many of these are shown. The way that The Queen and Prince Philip use Windsor Castle is illustrated, including Garter Day processions and the visits of foreign Heads of State.
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Biography of lecturer
Following service in the Foreign Office, including postings in India and Spain, Oliver Everett was Assistant Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales, 1978-80; and then Private Secretary to Diana, Princess of Wales, 1981-3. He was Librarian in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, 1984-2002. He is now Librarian Emeritus following his retirement in 2002. He wrote the official guidebook and audio tour on Windsor Castle, taught a course on its history and advised on a television programme about it. He wrote articles on the Royal Library and helped with two books on aspects of the Royal Collection. He is advising on a possible history series for television. He was educated at Cambridge University and did post graduate work at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA; and at the London School of Economics. He lectures widely in Britain and abroad and also on cruise ships.
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