Jane, Lady Roberts
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Priscilla Jane Stephanie, The Hon. Lady Roberts, CVO
Royal Victorian Order
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 (born 4 September 1949) has been the Curator of the Print Room at Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, notable for its long association with the British royal family and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I it...

 since 1975 and the Royal Librarian since 2002.

Lady Roberts is the eldest daughter of Brigadier Lord Aldington
Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington
Toby Austin Richard William Low, 1st Baron Aldington, KCMG, CBE, DSO, TD, DL, PC , was a British Conservative Party politician and businessman.-Life:...

, KCMG CBE
CBE
CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...

 DSO
Distinguished Service Order
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 TD
Territorial Decoration
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 PC, and was educated at Cranborne Chase
Cranborne Chase
Cranborne Chase is a Chalk plateau in central southern England, straddling the counties Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire. The plateau is part of the English Chalk Formation and is adjacent to Salisbury Plain and the West Wiltshire Downs in the north, the Dorset Downs to the south west and the...

, Westfield College
Westfield College
Westfield College was a small college situated in Kidderpore Avenue, Hampstead, London, and was a constituent college of the University of London from 1882 to 1989. The college originally admitted only women as students and became coeducational in 1964. In 1989, Westfield College merged with Queen...

 (now part of Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

), and the Courtauld Institute of Art
Courtauld Institute of Art
The Courtauld Institute of Art is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art. The Courtauld is one of the premier centres for the teaching of art history in the world; it was the only History of Art department in the UK to be awarded a top...

. On 13 December 1975, she married Hugh Roberts
Hugh Roberts
Sir Hugh Ashley Roberts, GCVO, FSA, is an art historian and curator.He was a director of the Royal Collection, the art collection of the British Royal Family, and is a Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art, whose office is responsible for the care and maintenance of the royal collection of works of...

 (now Sir Hugh Roberts), who was the Director of the Royal Collection
Royal Collection
The Royal Collection is the art collection of the British Royal Family. It is property of the monarch as sovereign, but is held in trust for her successors and the nation. It contains over 7,000 paintings, 40,000 watercolours and drawings, and about 150,000 old master prints, as well as historical...

 and Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art
Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art
The office of Surveyor of the King's/Queen's Works of Art in the Royal Collection Department of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom is responsible for the care and maintenance of the royal collection of works of art owned by the Sovereign in an official capacity — as...

 until April 2010. She and her husband live at Adelaide Cottage, a grace and favour
Grace and favour
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 home near Frogmore House
Frogmore House
Frogmore House is a 17th-century country house standing at the centre of the Frogmore Estate, amongst beautiful gardens, about a half a mile south of Windsor Castle in the Home Park at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is a Grade I listed building.-Early tenants:The original house on...

 in Home Park, Windsor
Home Park, Windsor
The Home Park, previously known as the Little Park , is a private Royal park, administered by the Crown Estate. It lies on the eastern side of Windsor Castle in the town and civil parish of Windsor, Berkshire....

. Together they have two daughters, Sophie Jane Cecilia and Amelia Frances Albinia.

Works

  • 1979: Holbein. Oresko Books ISBN 0905368622
  • 1985: Exhibition Catalogues Master Drawings in the Royal Collection
  • 1987: Royal Artists. Grafton ISBN 0246130156
  • 1989: Leonardo Da Vinci
  • 1993: A King's Purchase
  • 1993: Holbein and the Court of Henry VIII
  • 1995: Views of Windsor: watercolours by Thomas and Paul Sandby
  • 1997: Royal Landscape
  • 1999: The King's Head: Charles I, King and Martyr
  • 1999: Ten Religious Masterpieces from the Royal Collection: a Millennium celebration
  • 2002: Royal Treasures (editor)
  • 2004: George III and Queen Charlotte (editor)
  • 2005: Unfolding Pictures: fans in the Royal Collection
  • 2006: Queen Elizabeth II: a birthday souvenir album
  • 2007: Five Gold Rings: a royal wedding souvenir album
  • 2008: Charles, Prince of Wales: a birthday souvenir album
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