Direct access is granted by the Keeper of the Royal Archives to certain research academics.

If you wish to contact the Royal Archives for any kind of research, you should put your enquiry in writing to:
The Registrar
The Royal Archives
Round Tower
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Berkshire SL4 1NJ.

Please note, there may be a charge for certain services.

Summary lists of the papers of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, and of the Georgian, Cumberland, Stuart and Melbourne papers, are available from The National Archives at Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey TW9 4DU. Web site: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk.

Some of the series of papers, including the Stuart papers, Cumberland papers and Melbourne papers, have been microfilmed and are available to researchers from the British Library's Lending Division and at certain academic institutions.