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- About the Royal Archives
- List of jewels and metalwork belonging to Edward I, 1297
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- Princess Elizabeth's account book, 1551–2
- Account book for works at Windsor Castle, 1676–87
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- Letter written by 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' to his father, 4 May 1728
- Title deed for George III’s purchase of Buckingham House, 1763
- Queen Charlotte's diary, 28 October – 31 December 1789
- Three bills for works of art purchased by George IV, 1780s – 1820s
- Princess Victoria’s paper dolls, c.1830
- Princess Victoria’s Journal, 2 August 1832
- Letter from Prince Albert to Queen Victoria written during their engagement, 15 November 1839
- Decorated silk programme for a performance of Fidelio at the Royal Italian Opera, 19 April 1855
- Letter of condolence from President Lincoln to Queen Victoria, 1 February 1862
- Major John Chard’s account of the battle of Rorke’s Drift on 22 January 1879
- Queen Victoria’s Hindustani diary, 23 March 1894
- Queen Alexandra’s Visitors’ Book, 1908–25, with electro-silver binding, 1896
- The future Queen Mary's Commonwealth tour scrapbook, 1901
- The Future King George VI's Account of the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- Letter from Queen Elizabeth to Queen Mary describing the bombing of Buckingham Palace, 13 September 1940
- Photographs of bomb damage sustained by Buckingham Palace, September 1940
- Letter from the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, to King George VI on 5 January 1941
- Letters Patent creating Prince Charles Prince of Wales, 26 July 1958
- 100th birthday message from Queen Elizabeth II to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 4 August 2000
