Royal Birthday: Countess of Wessex

One of Britain’s hardest-working members of the Royal Family, the Countess of Wessex celebrates her 54th birthday on Sunday, 20 January 2019. The Countess of Wessex was born Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones at the Ratcliffe Infirmary in Oxford on 20 January 1965. She is the second child and only daughter of Christopher Bournes Rhys-Jones and the…

Podcast: Prince Philip’s Knighthood, Charles I and Winston Churchill

The Queen's Australian Wattle Brooch

Our first show for 2015, with Prince Philip's knighthood, remembering Auschwitz 70 years later, King Charles I and Winston Churchill. The Queen's Wattle Brooch An exhibition, A Fine Possession: Jewellery and Identity, at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney features the Queen's Wattle Brooch, which is on loan until 30 April. Visit the Powerhouse Museum for…