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Windsor Castle fire

How a fire devastated Queen Elizabeth II's weekend home in 1992, making the year her "Annus Horribilis".

In November 1992, a fire devastated Windsor Castle - a symbol of the British monarchy and Queen Elizabeth II’s weekend home. Coming at the end of a year of family problems, the blaze upset the Queen deeply and led her to declare 1992 her β€˜annus horribilis’.

In 2012, Simon Watts spoke to Sir Hugh Roberts, one of Her Majesty’s art experts.

(Photo: Windsor Castle on fire. Credit: Press Association)

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