The death of Edward VII in 1910 rocks Sandringham and the royals the privately-owned house was inherited by Edward VII's wife, Alexandra how the abdication crisis threw the very future of the house into question.
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Sam Willis traces the history of the British castle from its first appearance in 1066.
A look at 1952, when tragedy struck as King George VI died in his sleep, discovering what happened as the new Queen began her reign.
The death of Edward VII in 1910 rocks Sandringham and the royals the privately-owned house was inherited by Edward VII's wife, Alexandra how the abdication crisis threw the very future of the house into question.
Be transported back to 1862 when the building first came into royal hands Nigel Havers reveals that it was Queen Victoria who snapped up the original Sandringham Hall as a 21st birthday present for her party-loving son Prince Bertie.
Edinburgh's Palace of Holyroodhouse is the least-known but most romantic of the royal palaces.
Exploring Windsor Castle, the world's oldest and largest inhabited castle.
The rise of Buckingham Palace from swampland in just 300 years.
Dan Cruickshank explores the castles of King Ludwig II, a man who spent his life in pursuit of the ideal of beauty, an ideal that found expression in three of the most extraordinary, ornate architectural schemes imaginable.
The future of Britain's historic places and their conservation teams.
A Rubens painting on the ceiling of the Banqueting House is among the many treasures contained within the palaces.
The lesser-known departments of the palaces include a place to freeze stuffed bears in an effort to preserve them.
Entertainment may distract visitors from the palaces' educational and curatorial purposes.
Funding for renovation projects.
From bricks to dresses, the palaces contain crafted objects that wear out and need to be replaced.
Curators tread carefully while staging exhibitions about Diana, Princess of Wales, in Kensington Palace and George III in Kew.
Kew Palace harbors witch marks in its rafters.
Hampton Court food historians make a discovery in a library in Leeds a belt for a mad king in Kensington Palace.
Cracks appear in the Chapel Royal a special invention monitors dust.
George tackles a heavy chandelier in a Georgian townhouse in Yorkshire, England a farmhouse in the Peak District, England, is a decorative nightmare.
George takes on a project that is part period house, part dog's dinner the thought of a corner cocktail bar proves a real tonic for a tricky refurb project.
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