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Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland, also known as RBS plc or Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba, is a Scottish bank founded in 1727 and rescued by the UK government in 2008.
Royal Banner of Scotland
Royal Banner of Scotland, also called the Lion Rampant or historically the Royal Standard of Scotland (Bratach rìoghail na h-Alba): gold banner with red lion rampant, blue claws and tongue, red double tressure flory counter-flory; royal banner of the King of Scots until 1603, restricted official use, 1934 Royal Warrant permitted public use.
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, Merseyside, England; links club founded 1889, royal status 1951. Hosted The Open 11 times (1954–2026, Ryan Fox the latest champion), six Women's Opens, and the 1969 Ryder Cup concession.
Royal Blood
Royal Blood are an English rock duo from Brighton, formed 2013 by Mike Kerr (bass, vocals) and Ben Thatcher (drums). Known for bass-as-lead-guitar heaviness, UK No.1 debut (2014), and albums through Dead Company (2026).
Royal blue
Royal blue is a deep, vivid, often purplish blue color name first recorded in 1810-20, tied to a Queen Charlotte dress competition, with variants queen blue and imperial blue and standards like Pantone 19-3955 TCX.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC): Inner London borough formed in 1965 by merging Kensington and Chelsea; smallest but densely populated London borough, home to South Kensington museums, marked by stark inequality and the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), founded 1670 as a physic garden by Balfour and Sibbald, is a Scottish scientific institution and botanic garden with four gardens, 13,500 species, a 3-million-specimen herbarium, and the Edinburgh Biomes restoration.
Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney: opened 1816 on Gadigal land at Farm Cove, Australia's oldest scientific institution, a 74-acre free harbour-side garden with 5,000+ species, the National Herbarium of NSW, and active plant conservation science.
Royal Botanic Gardens (Trinidad and Tobago)
Royal Botanic Gardens of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain botanic garden founded 1818 by Governor Sir Ralph Woodford with superintendent David Lockhart; about 25 hectares, 700 trees, linked to Kew, origin of the National Herbarium.
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, also known as Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, is a botanic gardens organization operating gardens at Melbourne and Cranbourne, with Melbourne Gardens established in 1846.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Kew Gardens) is a London botanic garden and plant science institution founded in 1759 by Princess Augusta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2003, with over 50,000 living plants and the Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst.
Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain
The Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain (Real Expedición Botánica a Nueva España) was a Spanish scientific mission led by Martín de Sessé from 1787 to 1803.
Royal Botanical Garden of Mexico
The Royal Botanical Garden of Mexico (Real Jardín Botánico de México) was a colonial scientific institution founded in Mexico City in 1788 to teach Linnaean botany.
Royal Botanical Gardens (Ontario)
The Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) is Canada's largest botanical garden, spanning Hamilton and Burlington, Ontario. Founded in 1941, it covers almost 1,100 hectares of gardens and nature sanctuaries.
Royal British Legion
The Royal British Legion, formed 15 May 1921 by Earl Haig and Tom Lister from four ex-servicemen's bodies, is the UK's largest armed forces charity, custodian of Remembrance and runner of the annual Poppy Appeal.
Royal Brunei Airlines
Royal Brunei Airlines (Penerbangan DiRaja Brunei) is the flag carrier of Brunei, founded in 1974 and wholly owned by the government, flying from Bandar Seri Begawan across Asia, the Middle East, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore
Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore: royal burial ground in Windsor Home Park, consecrated 1928, next to the Royal Mausoleum of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; holds Edward VIII, Wallis Simpson, and other royals.
Royal Caledonian Curling Club
The Royal Caledonian Curling Club, founded as the Grand Caledonian Curling Club in Edinburgh in 1838, governed curling in Scotland, publishing the rules and running national competitions.
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF; Khmer: កងយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ) are Cambodia's military, re-established in 1993, with about 125,000 troops in army, navy, air force, and gendarmerie branches.
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Canada's air force within National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. Founded 1 April 1924; 15 wings; operates CF-188 Hornets, transport and SAR fleets, and is acquiring 88 F-35A fighters.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), French Gendarmerie royale du Canada, is Canada's national police service, tracing its origins to the North-West Mounted Police of 1873.
Royal Canadian Navy
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Canada's naval force founded in 1910 as the Naval Service of Canada and given royal title in 1911, served in both world wars, Korea, the Gulf War, and Afghanistan; renamed Maritime Command in 1968, it regained its historic name in 2011.
Royal Canadian Regiment
The Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR), authorized 21 December 1883 as the Infantry School Corps, is Canada's oldest continuously embodied Regular Force infantry regiment, with three regular battalions at Petawawa and Gagetown and a reserve battalion in London, Ontario; motto PRO PATRIA.
Royal Canin
Royal Canin is a French pet food company founded by veterinarian Jean Cathary in 1968 and part of Mars, Incorporated since 2001, with yearly revenues over US $1 billion.
Royal Capetian Fortresses of Languedoc
Royal Capetian Fortresses of Languedoc (Forteresses royales capétiennes du Languedoc), UNESCO serial property inscribed 26 July 2026: eight 13th–14th-century sites including Carcassonne, Montségur, Peyrepertuse, Quéribus, built by Capetian kings after the Albigensian Crusade.
Royal Caribbean Group
Royal Caribbean Group, formerly Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd until 2020, is a Miami-based cruise holding company that owns Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises, and is the world's second largest cruise company.
Royal Caribbean International
Royal Caribbean International, also known as Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, is a cruise line brand owned by Royal Caribbean Group, operating 28 ships including the world's largest cruise ship.
Royal Castle, Warsaw
Royal Castle, Warsaw (Zamek Królewski w Warszawie): former residence of Polish kings and Sejm seat on the Vistula escarpment; destroyed 1944, rebuilt 1971-1984 by public subscription, UNESCO-listed with the Old Town since 1980.
Royal Cemetery of Ur
The Royal Cemetery of Ur is an ancient burial ground in Sumerian Ur, with 16 royal tombs of about 2600–2500 BC excavated by Leonard Woolley.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Royal Challengers Bengaluru from 2024), IPL franchise owned by United Spirits 2008-2026, bought for Rs 464 crore, sold for INR 166.6 billion; IPL champions 2025 and 2026, WPL champions 2024 and 2026, home M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.