Kensington Palace exhibition spotlights stories of royal servants across the ages

Portraits and objects explore those who looked after the royals, from the keeper of ice and snow' to the groom of the stool'

From pages to cooks, and wet nurses to seamstresses, little is known about the servants and courtiers who ran the royal palaces of Britain over the centuries.

They came from all walks of life and all corners of the world, managing life at the royal court and attending to the needs of their royal masters and mistresses.