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- 1 2 3 "Windsor Castle: The Blue Room dated 1868". Royal Collection Trust. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ↑ "Blue Room, Windsor Castle Mar 1862". Royal Collection Trust. Archived from the original on 2023-04-30. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- 1 2 King 2007, p. 38.
- 1 2 King 2007, p. 40.
- ↑ "Memorial portrait to the Prince Consort". Royal Collection Trust. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 3 May 2023.