Introduction

Royal Insight contains news, stories and pictures from all the latest Royal visits and events.

A highlight of the Royal summer calendar is the garden parties given by The Queen at Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Some 8,000 guests from all walks of life attend each garden party.

July's Focus celebrates this Royal tradition with a gallery of images of garden parties dating back to the 1920s.

Test your knowledge of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in our Quiz.

As usual, 5 readers' questions are answered in Mailbox, and you can view pictures and reports of Royal visits in Gallery and Out and About.

Out and about
The Duke of York in Afghanistan

The Duke of York in Afghanistan
His Royal Highness presents Colours to the Royal Highland Fusiliers ...

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The Queen in Cumbria

Visit to Cumbria
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh help celebrate Whitehaven's 300th anniversary ...

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The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visit Liverpool

Visit to Liverpool
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visit the 2008 European Capital of Culture  ...

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Gallery

The Queen

Holyrood Week 2008 
The Royal family celebrates Scottish culture, history and achievement. ...

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