Building’s East Wing, displaying 30 paintings and examples of Chinese porcelain, will be open to visitors from July

"Transformational" signed 1660 copy of The Declaration of Breda leads mixed-category sale featuring manuscripts, royal portraits, medals and memorabilia

Both British queens owned the same prayerbook, curators at Hever Castle in England have found

Around 55 messages composed by the monarch reveal her condition under captivity and negotiations for her release

The monarch's gardens at Highgrove are the purest example of his late-Victorian-inspired vision

Plus, how UK museums can respond to the energy crisis, and a haunting Henry Fuseli painting

Tate Modern and Southbank Centre will be open overnight to provide toilet facilities to those queueing to see the Queen's coffin

Support from the Queen has been crucial to the functioning of a number of Britain's arts institutions

Over seven decades, the monarch used ceremonial, media and heritage to project soft power around the globe

From Sex Pistols album covers to a tower moat full of flowers, here are the best exhibitions, installations and events to check out over the long bank holiday

The turbulent period’s flashy architectural projects aimed to send out a powerful message, new book reveals

Major palace renovations mean that the Queen's Gallery will display 65 works from the Royal Collection including pieces by Rembrandt and Vermeer

The royal amassed works of art in every field from Rembrandt paintings to Sèvres porcelain

This book corrects the misleading impression given by historians that the High Middle Ages were a transition to secularisation of the royal state

The great building as seen through the generations of its occupants

A dictionary of the burial places of the English and Scottish kings and queens (and their relations)

The acquisitions have not been ostentatious, with a significant portion of them being historic royal portraits, bequests or donations