Ulick Alexander, Privy Purse Office, Buckingham Palace, to W. R. M. Lamb

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

RAA/SEC/14/22/4

Title

Ulick Alexander, Privy Purse Office, Buckingham Palace, to W. R. M. Lamb

Date

31 Jan 1940

Level

Item

Extent & medium

2pp.

Previous reference codes

705 A

Content Description

In reply to the Secretary's letter of 24 January 1940, the King would like to extend to the whole of the royal family the ruling that all portraits should be approved before going on display. Alexander suggests that all royal portraits could be sent to Buckingham Palace by van and displayed in a suitable room before the King and Queen for approximately half an hour, before being returned to the RA.