Rosie Harte
The Royal Wardrobe

Fashion for the Royal Family has been one of their most powerful weapons and plays a key role in why they still exist today. Their clothes are imbued with meaning, with history, and with majesty but at their core they tell a story. TikTok sensation, Rosie Harte, dives into The Royal Wardrobe and tells of a horrible history and colourful past that will surprise and fascinate.

Tickets: £14 (includes entrance to Layer Marney Tower)
Box Office: Online or Mercury Theatre 01206 573948

Part of our The History Books day at Layer Marney Tower
Fancy indulging in a spot of time-travel this Summer? Then head to Layer Marney Tower, one of Henry VIII’s confirmed ‘favourites’, for a rich assortment of history books, extending from the Tudors to World War II and the royal wardrobe.

Ticket deal: All three The History Books events for £36 (includes entrance to Layer Marney Tower and Gardens). Discount will be automatically applied at checkout when tickets for all 3 events are booked:

12.00midday – Leo McKinstry
2.00pm – Rosie Harte
4.00pm – Alison Weir

About the book – The Royal Wardrobe

A whole new royal history, with a very stylish twist

Why did women wear such heavy and uncomfortable skirts in the Elizabethan era?
What the hell happened to Charles II’s pubic hair wig?
How did Princess Diana’s revenge dress become so iconic?

Fashion for the Royal Family has been one of their most powerful weapons and plays a key role in why they still exist today. Their clothes are imbued with meaning, with history, and with majesty but at their core they tell a story. Their clothes reveal complex individuals with fears, preferences, demands, and insecurities just like us, sometimes they are weird and wonderful, sometimes they are stately and dramatic, either way they explode with the personalities of the people that wore them.

From the TikTok sensation, Rosie Harte, The Royal Wardrobe dives into a horrible history and colourful past that will surprise and fascinate. From the Tudors to the Victorians right through to the 21st Century family rife with drama and division, there is so much still to uncover and explore.

Their clothes tell stories and hide secrets, you just need to know how to read them.

About the author

Rosie Harte is a fashion historian and TikTok creator. During lockdown, she began to transfer her knowledge of art and fashion history into bitesize content for TikTok and now runs a hugely successful account (@theroyalwardrobe) with a world wide following.

She has worked with museums across the country to bring their collections to a new audience and contributed to documentaries on royal life and fashion.

She loves to explore the unconventional, the scandalous and the untold, introducing her viewers to the royal family’s rich and fashionable history.

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