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Read about the history of Windsor's two railway stations, the result of a long-fought railway dispute that unfolded in the town!

It’s summer 2024 and for sports lovers, all eyes will be on Paris for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.  It brings back happy memories of London 2012 and some of the Royal Borough’s even older Olympic connections!

Windsor Bridge is 200 years old on 1 June 2024!  Cross it and you’ll be traversing a structure that has connected communities in Windsor and Eton for nearly a thousand years...

Throughout 2024, Royal Collection Trust will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House at Windsor Castle, the largest and most famous dolls’ house in the world.

This weekend, Royal Collection Trust staff will spend over 30 hours changing clocks across the official residences of His Majesty The King as British Summer Time comes to an end

A rare surviving painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, the greatest female artist of her generation, has been rediscovered in the Royal Collection after being misattributed at least two centuries ago.

March 8 1723 marks the tercentenary of the death of Sir Christopher Wren, mathematician, astronomer, physicist, anatomist and one of the UK’s greatest architects who has notable connections with the town of Windsor.

The Windsor Guildhall was the setting for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President of the European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen to announce the historic Windsor Framework.

Windsor is honoured to have welcomed more than 100,000 people for the Procession and Committal Service of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

The Tarbay Botanist is a family run craft gin distillery based in the countryside of Windsor. Shaped by Her Majesty The Queen’s favourite flavours, the Jubilee Gin has quintessentially British notes of an earl grey tea with hits of zesty lemon.