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Jordan Reynolds

Secrets of royal sculpture uncovered 160 years on

Albert the Royal Collection Royal Collection Trust
A sculpture of Prince Albert which has been on display in Windsor Castle for the past 160 years was made by his daughter Princess Victoria - (Royal Collection Trust)

A sculpture of Prince Albert, displayed at Windsor Castle for 160 years, has been revealed as the work of his daughter, Princess Victoria.

She crafted the posthumous bust with her tutor, Hugo Hagen, having taken sculpting lessons like her sisters, revealed during research for European sculpture">Sculpture in the Collection of His Majesty The King, a catalogue published Tuesday by Modern Art Press in association with Royal Collection Trust.

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