{"id":233408,"date":"2025-07-03T01:06:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T01:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/233408\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T01:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T01:06:20","slug":"queen-victorias-signature-on-invitation-to-her-own-coronation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/233408\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Victoria\u2019s signature on invitation to her own coronation\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Personally signed invitations to coronations aren\u2019t easy to find. But you could own your own invitation to Queen Victoria\u2019s coronation via a British collectibles dealer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paul Fraser Collectibles are selling the document, which was signed by the 18-year-old princess on the cusp of one of the most consequential reigns in British history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was sent to Thomas Powys, 3rd Baron Ilford, from St James\u2019s Palace on May 9, 1838.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We can assume that the Baron did as requested and attended the service and ceremonies of June 28, 1828, with \u201call excuses set apart\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Victoria\u2019s coronation showed the young queen could be a popular public figure. <\/p>\n

It was a day to be remembered for the young royal, who later wrote: \u201cThe shouts\u2026 the drums, the trumpets, the firing of the guns, all at the same instant, rendered the spectacle most imposing\u2026 I shall remember this day as the Proudest of my life!\u201d<\/p>\n

And it was a historically important moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No-one could see what lay ahead for Victoria, but there was something in the air as 400,000 onlookers helped make the coronation the biggest since Charles II had returned to the throne vacated by his executed father in 1660.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s youth and energy aplenty in this sure, strong signature, that is a valuable collector\u2019s piece in its own right. Image courtesy of Paul Fraser Collectibles. <\/p>\n

Paul Fraser, chairman of Paul Fraser Collectibles says: \u201cThese official Royal summons invitations were sent exclusively to British noblemen and noblewomen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly a few are known to survive, with the majority in public collections. They are immensely rare in private hands.So if you collect British Royal memorabilia, this is your chance to acquire something truly exceptional.\u201d<\/p>\n

The document is in \u201cexceptional\u201d condition with, \u201ca perfect example of Queen Victoria\u2019s autograph,\u201d says Mr Fraser.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHer signature is large, clear and unmistakable. It appears prominently at the top of the page, crisply signed in black ink.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The full document is an impressive display piece. Image courtesy of Paul Fraser Collectibles. <\/p>\n

The British Royal Family has a huge allure for collectors, who have centuries of history and an extraordinary cast of characters on whom to focus their collecting attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Original documents and autographs are extremely rare and can be very valuable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s royals are urged to never give autographs as their signatures can have official uses. Victoria\u2019s signature has perhaps been easier to find than those of modern kinds, queens, princes and princesses, but it\u2019s value has held up well because there is such demand for such an iconic figure \u2013 she is a truly global figure, an age named for her around the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can buy the Queen Victoria signed coronation invitation now at the Paul Fraser Collectibles website.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Personally signed invitations to coronations aren\u2019t easy to find. But you could own your own invitation to Queen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-233408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114786624451483407","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}