A SPECIAL exhibition to mark The Queen's Golden Jubilee opened at the Elgar Birthplace Museum near Worcester yesterday.

On show are letters, concert programmes, musical scores, medals and honours and other items tracing Elgar's many links with royalty from Victoria through to the present day.

Catherine Sloan, director of the museum at Crown East Lane, Lower Broadheath, said: "We are delighted that The Queen has agreed to lend work from the royal collection and the royal archives to be displayed alongside treasures selected from our own unique collection."

The exhibition will be on display until October 31. For further details on the exhibition and other events, contact the birthplace museum on 01684 893180.