1992 Windsor Castle fire
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On 20 November 1992, a major fire broke out in Windsor Castle, the largest inhabited castle in the world and one of the official residences of the British monarch. Beginning in the Queen's Private Cha
An 1848 lithograph of the Private Chapel by Joseph Nash, the location where the fire started
A smaller copy of George III and the Prince of Wales Reviewing Troops by William Beechey, a large painting destroyed in the fire
A diagram of the new St George's Hall's roof and woodwork
Giles Downes's new hammer-beam roof in St George's Hall, completed in 1997
Elizabeth II
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Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the mo
1992 Windsor Castle fire
…castle staff, contractors, the Royal Household and the Household Cavalry saved thousands of books, manuscripts, clocks, miniatures and works of art. Queen Elizabeth II returned to residence within two weeks, and parts of the castle reopened to visitors within days. The fire prompted public debate about the funding of…
Formal portrait, 1959
On the cover of Time, April 1929
Portrait by Philip de László, 1933
In Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform, April 1945