What exactly was a post-chaise and how did one ‘post’? Elizabeth shows the design of this type of carriage, and explains how travellers depended on positllions/post-boys to travel from place to place in their ‘yellow bounders’.
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The third son of George III, William, never expected to inherit the throne. So how did this affable prince spend the Regency?
Isn’t ‘a sociable’ a lovely name for a carriage? It conjures up images of having a nice outing with friends, happy conversation and jollity.
Fashions for August 1819 are all about the Prince Regent’s Fancy Ball! Fashions for August 1819 are all about the Prince Regent’s Fancy Ball! Miss Frances Gordon chose….Denmark!