The Royal Archives, also known as the Queen's Archives, are a division of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. It is operationally under the control of the Keeper of the Royal Archives, who is customarily the Private Secretary to the Sovereign. The Royal Archives, also known as the Queens Archives, are a division of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. ... In all the medieval monarchies of western Europe the general system of government sprang from, and centred in, the royal household. ... The adjective sovereign is used to refer to a state of sovereignty. ... Since 1945 this office in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom has been held concurrently with that of Private Secretary to the Sovereign. ... The senior operational member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, as distinct from the Great Officers of the Household, is the Private Secretary. ...

Although Sovereigns have kept records for centuries, The Queen's Archives were formally established as recently as 1911. Since 1912 they have been in the Round Tower of Windsor Castle, and now also occupy the ajacent Norman Gateway. An early 18th century view of Windsor Castle by Kip and Knyff. ...

Recent files and those currently is use are retained at Buckingham Palace. Buckingham Palace and the Victoria memorial. ...

The Queen's Archives comprise the Keeper, an Assistant Keeper of the Queen's Archives, and professional staff under a Registrar. The Registrar of the Queen's Archives, known as Recorder until the 1950s, is the archivist in charge of day-to-day work in the archives. There are several Assistant Registrars, as well as a small clerical staff. The Curator of the Photographic Collection, who looks after the 80,000 photographs in the royal collection, is now responsible to the Director of the Royal Collection. The Royal Collection Department is an organisation tasked with the cataloguing, conservation, cleaning, restoration and display of the books, pictures, sculptures and other works of art collected by the British royal family. ...

Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, GCVO MCG OBE FRSL FBA was Historical Adviser to the Queen's Archives 1959-75. Sir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett (1902-1975) was a conservative British historian of German and diplomatic history. ...