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The earliest English equestrian statue. Originally commissioned in 1630 by Charles I's Lord Treasurer, Sir Richard Weston, for his house Mortlake Park in Roehampton. Erected on the site of the Charing Cross in 1674–5, when the pedestal was carved by Joshua Marshall. [ 18] Temple Bar Gate, Paternoster Square.
The occupied royal residences are cared for and maintained by the Property Section of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. [1] Public opening is overseen by the Royal Collection Trust . [ 3 ] The unoccupied royal palaces of England, along with Hillsborough Castle, are the responsibility of Historic Royal Palaces .
Ancient prescriptive right, confirmed in 1927 [1] 1965. Coronation place of King Æthelstan in 924–925. Æthelstan described Kingston as royal town in a charter, as did Eadred later in the 10th century. In 1927 the mayor of Kingston upon Thames petitioned George V for the right to use the title of "royal borough".
There are 35 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories. [2] The UNESCO list contains one designated site in both England and Scotland (the Frontiers of the Roman Empire) plus eighteen exclusively in England, six in Scotland, four in Wales, two in Northern Ireland, and one in each of the overseas territories of Bermuda, Gibraltar, the Pitcairn ...
The Royal Collection of the British royal family is the largest private art collection in the world. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the Royal Collection Trust. The British monarch owns some of the collection in right of the ...
Crown of the Kingdom of Italy: 1870–1946, also known as the Savoy Crown. India Crown of Bahadur Shah II: The crown of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the 20th emperor of the Mughal Empire. Part of the Royal Collection. India Imperial Crown of India: Created for George V's 1911 Delhi Durbar. Kept in the Tower of London. Japan Crown of Ryukyu: Lost in 1945.
United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland. There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707. England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603; while the style, "King of Great Britain" first arose at that time, legislatively the title ...
royal .uk. The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British Constitution. The term may also refer to the role of the royal family within the UK's broader ...