[3] Albert, Prince Consort, the husband of Queen Victoria, died in the Blue Room on 14 December 1861.
[4] He had asked to be moved to the room because of the strong light from its tall windows.
[4] In the aftermath of his death Victoria decreed that the room should "be kept in its present state" and "not made use of in the future".
A jug of hot water was delivered as it was when he was alive and needed to shave, and fresh clothes were laid out on the bed.
[6] The room was depicted by William Corden the Younger (son of William Corden the Elder) in an 1868 watercolour commissioned by Victoria that is now part of the Royal Collection.