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People are invited to attend the Remembrance Sunday services taking place in the Royal Borough to honour those who have served and sacrificed in wars and conflicts.

This October half-term, visitors to Windsor Castle can see a display of books drawn from the Royal Library each afternoon as part of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary this year of Jane Austen’s birth. 

The Order of the Garter is celebrated with a procession and service in the grounds of Windsor Castle.  Find about how to apply for tickets.

On 20 November 1992, fire broke out in Windsor Castle, destroying 115 rooms, including nine State Rooms.  Read all about the restoration of the jewel in Windsor's crown.

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.