The new Royal Portraits exhibition charts the evolution of royal portrait photography from the 1920s to the present day through more than 150 items from the Royal Collection and Royal Archives. Open from 17 May at The King’s Gallery, London. bit.ly/4bzXFnt

Born #OTD in 1727 Thomas Gainsborough exhibited this vivacious yet unfinished portrait of Anne, Duchess of Cumberland, at his Pall Mall studio, Schomberg House, in July 1784. bit.ly/3UVyV3U

King George VI’s Coronation took place #OTD at Westminster Abbey in 1937. Sir Gerald Kelly was commissioned to paint the State portrait of the new king and his wife, Queen Elizabeth. The paintings hang in the Crimson Drawing Room at #WindsorCastle. bit.ly/3JMFK1j

Florence Nightingale was born #onthisday in 1820. Queen Victoria admired the work done by Nightingale to improve nursing during the Crimean War, noting in her Journal: 'I envy her being able to do so much good and look after the noble heroes whose behaviour is admirable'.

Are you a #Eurovision fan? You may not have heard of 'Swedish nightingale' soprano Jenny Lind, a famous 19th C singer. Queen Victoria attended a performance by Lind in May 1847 & wrote that the singer possessed ‘the most exquisite, powerful, & really quite peculiar voice’.