Royal Albert Hall Royal Commission bought Gore House and its grounds (on which the Hall now stands) on the advice of the Prince. Progress on the scheme was slow and in 1861 Prince Albert died, without having seen his ideas come to fruition. However, a memorial was proposed for Hyde Park, with a Great Hall opposite. The proposal was approved and the site was purchased with some of the profits from the Exhibition. Once the remaining funds had been raised, in April 1867 Queen Victoria signed the Royal Charter of the Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences which was to operate
Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Adele album) of 28 November 2012, "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" had surpassed sales of one million copies in the United States and sales of three million copies worldwide. "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" is the first music DVD to surpass sales of one million in the USA since Eagles' "Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne" in 2005 (Garth Brooks' "The Ultimate Hits" sold one million copies in 2007, but was a CD/DVD combination). In 2014, the Brazilian Association of Record Producers (ABPD), granted to sixfold Diamond to Live at The Royal Albert Hall for its sales over 1 million copies