Royal art treasure retrieved from Russia before invasion

March 28, 2022

According to The Guardian,

The royal art collection, held in trust by the Queen, has become involved in the cultural boycott of Russia by withdrawing permission for three swords to be displayed at the Kremlin Museums in Moscow.

The Royal Collection had agreed to lend the 17th-century weapons as part of an exhibition about duelling…

…the Royal Collection withdrew permission in mid-February as more than 100,000 Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s borders before the invasion on 24 February.

The collection was among a number of European institutions to pull out of the Moscow exhibition, forcing its postponement.

To read the entire article in The Guardian, please click here.

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