| Main Performers | Sir Joceyln Stevens (Chairman of English Heritage),
HRH The Duke of Gloucester (Commissioners English Heritage) |
| Orchestra or Band | State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry |
| Set List | 10:00 English Heritage Press Desk in Door 6 Foyer,
19:05 HM The Queen arrives at the Royal College of Art,
19:30 The Queen departs accompanied by Sir Jocelyn Stevens to the Royal Albert Hall's Royal Entrance to be met by The Duke of Gloucester,
19:35 The Queen arrives at her seat
19:40 'Royal Salute' (State Trumpeters),
'Son et Lumiere Presentation (light show picking our various sculptures of the Memorial with the voice of Dame Judi Dench as Queen Victoria, Peter Bowles as Prince Albert and Michael Williams as Sir George Gilbert Scott, the Memorial's architect),
20:00 Speech (Sir Jocelyn Stevens),
The Queen reples,
The Queen presses switch to reveal golden statue of Prince Albert,
Fireworks including the words 'ALBERT SAVED' on either side of the Memorial,
20:10 The Queen enters the gates of the Memorial to view the monument,
Craftsmen and donors are presented to The Queen,
20:30 The Queen departs |
| Performance Notes | The Albert Memorial was newly restored to its former golden splendour for the first time since 1915. The statue was blackened during the First World War and this event saw its unveiling having undergone restoration and re-guilding in 23 1/2 carat gold leaf. The restoration project cost £11.2 million and four years of work by English Heritage. The event saw HM The Queen, Prince Albert's great-great granddaughter, unveil the statue.
Lasers and lighting were affixed to the Hall to shine on the newly restored Albert Memorial for this re-opening ceremony. Press photographers were permitted to use the balcony over the Door 6 porch to photograph the event.
Guests accompanying The Queen included Lady Farnham, Sir Robert Fellowes, Sqd Ldr David Robinson.
Guests at the event included The Earl of Snowdon - Provost of the Royal College of Art (RCA), Prof. Christopher Frayling - The Rector of the RCS, The Chairman of the RCA, Claire Alman - The Curator. |
| Related Archival Material | Digital Photographs,
Video |