Rights
Although the Royal Archives owns the physical documents featured on this site, the Royal Archives does not necessarily own the rights to a document's contents. Where third-party intellectual property rights still exist, images will not be made available until reasonable searches have been undertaken to locate and contact the relevant right holder(s) and permission has been granted. Please note Royal Collection Trust owns copyright in the catalogue metadata and the digitised images available on Royal Archives Online .
Take down policy
The Royal Archives endeavours to use reasonable care when it makes content available online. If you would like to raise a concern about any material in Royal Archives Online that you think infringes your rights, contact us in writing, using the contact details below, with the following:
- your name;
- your contact details;
- the identity of the content; and
- the reason for your concern.
Please note that you may be asked to provide further information and/or supporting statements in relation to the content or your concern.
Contact details are as follows: Royal Archives, Windsor Castle, Berks, SL4 1NJ and
[email protected]
Following receipt of a notice of concern by the Royal Archives, the following procedure will apply:
- The Royal Archives will acknowledge the notice by email or letter and will make an initial assessment of the nature and validity of the issue.
- If, following our initial assessment, we consider the concern merits further investigation, the material will be temporarily removed from Royal Archives Online whilst we try to resolve the matter.
- The Royal Archives will endeavour to resolve the issue swiftly and to the satisfaction of the complainant, with the following possible outcomes:
- The material is republished unchanged
- The material is republished with changes
- The material is permanently removed.