The Royal Collection is the last great collection formed by the European monarchies to have survived into the twenty-first century. This fully illustrated guide to the British monarchy's treasures of the art world traces the history of this national institution from the Middle Ages onwards.

The Royal Collection is the last great collection formed by the European monarchies to have survived into the twenty-first century. This fully illustrated guide to the British monarchy's treasures of the art world traces the history of this national institution from the Middle Ages onwards.