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UK Queen's Shows Off Her Dresses

INTERNATIONAL: An exhibition at the Queen's Scottish residence of Balmoral Castle showcased the monarch's dresses and miniature toy cars played in by young royals as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

The exhibition also featured a sculpture installation by artist Joseph Rossano named "Salmon School", comprising of 250 suspended mirrored glass shapes that appear as a school of salmon.

The artwork, which aims to raise awareness of the threats facing wild salmon from climate change, was shown in November's UN Climate Change Conference COP26 event in Glasgow.

The “From the River to the Royals” exhibition will run from April 1 to August 2, 2022.

Assistant Curator, Sarah Hoare:

"This outfit here, which was for the Diamond Jubilee. The Queen wore this when she toured around Ballater. It's been designed- and the hat is designed by Angela Kelly. I love the Queen's Day outfit here, which she wears when she's on holiday at Balmoral."

"Now, the tartan of the kilt is the Balmoral Tartan, and that was designed by Prince Albert, and it reflects the colour of granite. Only the royals and the Queen's Piper can wear the Balmoral tartan."

"And then this outfit here the yellow dress, which again, you'll have seen the Queen wear to Ascot, but also we have it on our biscuit tin, so we're very happy to have the yellow outfit here this year for our visitors to see."

"If we go further around the room, we've also got some of the sports cars that the young royals have obviously had fun in and we have a replica of an Aston Martin and an American racing car. And then we keep going round and then we have other exhibits about court at Balmoral, when the royals are here for their summer holiday."

Sculpture Artist, Joseph Rossano:

"You know, I conceptualise the idea, and I've made a lot of the fish, but it represents a collaboration of many, many people to bring attention to what's happening with salmon and how if we work together, we can potentially stem the tide of their, you know, of their extinction, if I might use the word."

"And the reason Glass was chosen is because it's fragile, transparent and reflective, like the resource that we're trying to create a dialogue about."



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