Yes, you can own British Royal documents.
Despite what Google's AI tells you.
In fact, you can click this link, and go and look at some now.
Of course, there are limits.
There is a line between official and unofficial. State secrets and national treasures won't be up for grabs.
But, states haven't always been such organised bureaucracies as they are today.

Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch did as much as anyone to turn the British monarchy into a state-running machine.
Go back far enough and you can find official royal pronouncements and decisions for sale.
And government of all sorts, including monarchies, interact in various ways with outsiders.
Most British Royal documents come to the collector's market via private owners, often people who have received them more or less "officially".
And you must remember that kings, queens, princes and princesses are private people. They write letters, they keep diaries, they scribble their thoughts down.
Are these royal documents?
British Royal Documents you cannot own.
Some British Royal documents are off limits to private buyers.
However, the location of these records is somewhat chaotic, reflecting the disorganised passage of history itself.
State papers are documents that record the business of government. The main series of these run from the start of the Tudor period, the dynasty who probably did most to found the modern British state.
From 1702, these papers became officially, from the moment they were created, the property of the state.
There is also a Royal Archive.
But this was only established in 1912.

The Royal Archives live in the Round Tower at Windsor Castle. It is a private collection and access is - sometimes controversially - controlled.
Earlier monarchs kept records, but not in this formalised sense, and papers from many kings and queens before Victoria have been added during the 20th Century.
Other documents created by, signed by, handled or owned by the British Royal Family could be almost anywhere:
The National Archives, local authority records offices, university collections, private libraries, and at collectibles dealers like us.
Many are outside the UK.
Royal documents, authenticity and royal signatures
A royal connection puts a premium on a document.

A Royal Warrant unmistakably signed by Elizabeth I, which you can buy and own.
So there's certainly an incentive to falsify them.
You should always use trusted dealers who offer good authenticity guarantees (ours is a no-questions-asked, money back guarantee) and provide expert evidence of authenticity.
Royal signatures should be rare.
The modern royals don't sign autographs for admirers (or they shouldn't).
So, modern royal autographs should be on relatively official paperwork - though this includes the likes of Christmas cards.
A great example of Queen Victoria's signature from a coronation invitation, click through to see the whole document, and even buy it.
You can find good quality images of royal signatures online - as can forgers - and that's a good starting point to checking that you're getting a real Royal document.
Why buy British Royal documents
This is history.
The British Royal Family have been central players in world history for over a millennium if we date the monarchy's founding back to Athelstan, King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and after that King of the English.
And what stories there are in the intertwining nations, dynasties, and families of the British monarchy - certainly including five royal dynasties from the Plantagenets came to the throne with Henry II in 1154.

Imagine the thrill of owning an order from notorious Tudor king Henry VIII. This museum-quality document records a land ownership question.
Documents with those names on give you a direct, tactile and tangible link to the longest thread in our islands' story.
Their value is likely to go up. They are an extremely limited resource for which there is a demand. It is unlikely that new supplies will be found. Nothing is certain, but that's a good recipe for rising prices.
They're often strikingly beautiful. Older documents - written on animal-skin derived papers and parchments - last fantastically well.
It's an extraordinary talking point to show a visitor to your home a genuine British Royal document, because their first reaction - perhaps inspired by Google's inaccurate AI - is likely to be, "You can't own that!"
Now, you can explain how you can and did.
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