Another chance to play our £50,000 Royal Treasure Hunt

The hunt is on again, with another chance to win one of our spectacular prizes. All you have to do is solve a series of clues, the answers to which are linked to Britain’s magnificent royal heritage.

In this second week of our fabulous Royal Treasure Hunt, one lucky reader will win a treasure trove worth £10,000, to be taken either as a cheque or as £10,000 worth of credit to spend at royal jewellers Asprey. 

Plus, each correct entry over the three weeks of the hunt will be entered into a prize draw to find our overall Royal Treasure Hunt winner, who will be invited to spend a VIP weekend for two in London, including travel, a five-star hotel, dinner at the Tower of London and a tour of the Jewel House. 

There they will choose their jewellery prize from our Royal Treasure Chest, or a cash alternative of £20,000. That’s a total of £50,000 that must be won.

Each week’s treasure hunt begins with an artwork in Weekend magazine, accompanied by your first clue. 

Today’s depicts the filming of an Antiques Roadshow special at Balmoral Castle celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria, together with your first teaser to solve.

The hunt will then take you around the country from the comfort of your armchair, through a series of clues printed each Monday to Friday in the Daily Mail. The answers might be famous castles, palaces, landmarks, historic attractions, towns or cities. 

This week these will all be related to Queen Victoria and her reign. Crack the clue in today’s magazine and write it in the box provided over the page. 

Then solve the riddle each day during the week and write it in the box in that day’s paper. Keep your answers, and then write all six in the grid in next Friday’s paper. It’s not essential, but you may want to keep today’s picture to help you.

After you’ve solved the final clue on Friday, the letters highlighted in the grid will form an anagram –unscramble it and you will have the answer. 

If you think you’ve worked out the solution on Friday, call the hotline, text or email and leave your answer and personal details. 

The winner will be drawn at random, and if it’s you, we’ll call you between 9am and 11am on Saturday 24 August. And if you don’t win, there’s always next week. Happy hunting!

Solve the riddle and you could win £10,000 

Each week’s treasure hunt begins with an artwork (pictured) in Weekend magazine, accompanied by your first clue. Today’s depicts the filming of an Antiques Roadshow special at Balmoral Castle celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria, together with your first teaser to solve

The last time Antiques Roadshow focused on Queen Victoria, host Fiona Bruce was amused when a loo seat once graced by the queen’s posterior was valued at £500. In this charming image, the Roadshow is at Balmoral for a special episode celebrating the former monarch’s 200th birthday. The atmosphere at the castle is festive – from pony rides to picnics, Highland reels to caber tossing.

Balmoral has been the Royal Family’s Scottish home since 1852, when it was purchased for Queen Victoria by Prince Albert. It’s here that the queen continued her daily routine of writing a journal, along with many letters. These chronicled every aspect of her reign, including life behind closed doors: ‘My dearest Albert put on my stockings for me. I went in and saw him shave; a great delight for me.’

Not everyone was happy at the prospect of such personal details spilling into the public domain. After Victoria’s death, her daughter and literary executor, Beatrice, burned or censored many of the journals and letters.

Today, a visitor to the Balmoral Antiques Roadshow has brought along an intriguing piece of Victoriana – a faded letter in Beatrice’s handwriting, hinting that she did not tamper with all her mother’s correspondence. A cache of letters illustrating the grand passion between Victoria and Albert still exists somewhere. Answer the clues to find the hiding place.

Start by cracking today’s clue in the scroll above. Further clues will be published, one each day, from Monday to Friday in the Daily Mail. By Friday you’ll be able to solve the mystery and win the prize.