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A pensioner was shocked to receive a letter from her sister nearly 54 years after it was posted from the top of the Post Office Tower. Gill Milbourne, 74, and her husband Mel are baffled about how the letter came to be delivered around 19,671 days late to their home. …

Royal fans have been offered a glimpse inside Buckingham Palace’s State Rooms online as the Queen’s London residence remains closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. The opulent State Rooms in Buckingham Palace are usually only open to visitors for 10 weeks each summer and selected dates during winter and spring. But …

Princess Charlotte will not return to school in London until her brother Prince George does due to ‘logistical’ reasons, a royal expert has claimed. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are currently residing at their Norfolk countryside home Anmer Hall, where they are homeschooling their three children. But while Thomas’ …

A Grade II listed mews home that was once used as royal stables by King George III has gone on sale for £1.2million.   Built in the 18th century, the property is one of only 20 homes nestled withing the stunning 1,100 acre Bushy Park, in west London, giving the owners …

Royal palaces plead for help: Treasured sites including Hampton Court and the Tower of London face financial ruin from the loss of £96m after three months with no tourists Historic Royal Palaces has lost 85% of its annual income due to the pandemic   Its chief executive admitted the expected shortfall …

In part one, we looked at the major institutional investors ploughing money into the rapidly growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector. Here, we take a closer look at some of the developers making the biggest splash in this fast-emerging market – which in recent years has become probably …

A decade before London’s Low Emission Zone came into force, air pollution concerns had prompted the capital’s then-Mayor, Ken Livingstone, to introduce a Living Roofs and Walls policy. And since 2008 there has been phenomenal “growth”. Today London has more than 40 per cent of the UK’s green roofs and …

1917 was a big year in royal history. As World War I raged and anti-German sentiment exploded, King George V hastily changed the name of the royal house from the decidedly Teutonic House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the House of Windsor. His Majesty then backtracked on offering political asylum …

Met Police have imposed a curfew on Black Lives Matter activists who are expected to march in London today amid an increasingly rancorous national debate over the proper place of statues with links to Britain’s colonial past – and despite warnings from Boris Johnson not to break social distancing rules.    …

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will be among the first members of the royal family to leave lockdown and attend a major event when they welcome French President Emmanuel Macron to the UK. Charles, 71, and Camilla, 72, will travel from their home at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, …