You don’t need royal connections to spend the night in a castle. From grand bedchambers in luxury hotels to cosy gatehouse cottages and wallet-friendly rooms in royal hunting lodges, Britain is ...

It’s said the UK has more than 4,000 castles – though “castle” is a broad term, encompassing the full architectural spectrum from razed mottes to opulent, still-inhabited edifices. Castles need to be ...

Take a peek behind the stony walls of Europe's most magnificent structures. Aug. 8, 2008 -- From beheadings to extravagant parties, castles around the world have been used for a variety of purposes.

As Netflix’s The Crown makes clear, the royals of the United Kingdom live like, well, kings and queens. And while they’ve set up shop in many magnificent houses and grandiose palaces over the ...