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Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011

Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2011: RCB's fourth IPL season, also called IPL 2011 campaign. Topped the league table (9-5, 18 points), signed Chris Gayle mid-season as Orange Cap winner, but lost the final to Chennai Super Kings by 58 runs, finishing runners-up.

Royal Chancellery of Hungary

The Royal Chancellery of Hungary (Magyar királyi kancellária) was the medieval Hungarian kings' charter-issuing office and chief place of authentication, dissolved after Mohács in 1526.

Royal charter

A Royal Charter is a UK instrument granted by the Sovereign on Privy Council advice under the royal prerogative, incorporating bodies such as the BBC, universities, and professional institutions with independent legal personality, over 1,000 grants recorded since 1155.

Royal Charter Storm

The Royal Charter Storm, also called the Royal Charter Gale, struck the Irish Sea and west coast of Britain in October 1859, destroying 133 ships and killing about 800 people.

Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) is Victoria's major specialist paediatric hospital in Parkville, Melbourne, founded in 1870 as the Melbourne Free Hospital for Sick Children by Drs William Smith and John Singleton, noted for its Good Friday Appeal, Murdoch Children's Research Institute partnership, and paediatric trauma and emergency services.

Royal christening gown

Royal christening gown: the 1841 Honiton lace and Spitalfields silk Royal Christening Robe commissioned by Queen Victoria, worn by 62 royal babies, retired in 2004 and replaced by an exact replica still in use.

Royal Chronicle of Ayutthaya

The Royal Chronicle of Ayutthaya (พระราชพงศาวดารกรุงศรีอยุธยา) is a Thai dynastic chronicle narrating the Ayutthaya kingdom from its founding by King U Thong around 1350 to its fall to Burma in 1767.

Royal Chronicle of the Chakri Dynasty (First Reign)

The Royal Chronicle of the Chakri Dynasty (First Reign), พระราชพงศาวดารกรุงรัตนโกสินทร์ รัชกาลที่ ๑, is the court history of Rama I of Siam, compiled by Chao Phraya Thiphakorawong.

Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya

The Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya (พระราชพงศาวดารกรุงศรีอยุทธยา) are the dynastic chronicle of the Ayutthaya kingdom, first written in 1681 under King Narai and preserved in several recensions.

Royal chronicles of Ethiopia (Zara Yaqob to Sarsa Dengel)

The royal chronicles of Ethiopia are Ge'ez-language court histories of the Solomonic kings, composed by court clerics from the fourteenth century to the early twentieth century.

Sep 19, 2026

Royal City of Meroe

The Royal City of Meroe is the walled palace and administrative quarter of the Kushite capital Meroe, on the Nile in Sudan, built in the 3rd century BC.

Royal Collection

The Royal Collection is the British monarchy's art collection, over a million objects built by kings and queens over 500 years, held in trust by the Sovereign and cared for by Royal Collection Trust.

Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a postgraduate-only art and design university in London, founded in 1837 as the Government School of Design and granted a Royal Charter in 1967. Ranked number one worldwide for art and design by QS for 12 consecutive years, it operates Kensington, Battersea, and White City campuses.

Royal College of Nursing

Royal College of Nursing (RCN), founded 1916 as the College of Nursing, is the world's largest nursing union and professional body, with over half a million UK members, a 1928 Royal Charter, trade union registration since 1976, and first UK-wide nurse strikes in 2022.

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), British medical royal charity founded 1929, chartered 1947; trains and examines O&G doctors via MRCOG, sets Green-top Guidelines, 19,000+ members worldwide, London Bridge headquarters.

Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Physicians: professional body of physicians founded by Henry VIII in 1518, England's oldest medical institution; its Grade I listed 1964 Denys Lasdun headquarters stands by Regent's Park, London.

Royal College of Surgeons of England

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is a professional body and charity that trains, examines, and sets standards for surgeons and dental professionals in the UK and internationally.

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), UK veterinary regulator founded by 1844 Royal Charter, operating under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966; dual Royal College and regulator role, registers vets and veterinary nurses, undergoing governance and VSA reform.

Royal commission

Royal commission: an ad hoc Crown-appointed inquiry body in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, investigating matters of public importance and reporting recommendations; Australia's highest inquiry form, with coercive powers under the Royal Commissions Act 1902.

Royal commissions in Australia

A royal commission in Australia is the highest form of executive inquiry, established by the Governor-General, which can compel witnesses but makes only recommendations, not binding orders.

Royal commissions of inquiry in New Zealand

Royal commissions of inquiry in New Zealand are the highest-status official inquiries, appointed by the Governor-General under the Inquiries Act 2013 to investigate serious matters of public importance.

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), formerly Glasgow Athenaeum and RSAMD, is Scotland's national conservatoire in Glasgow, founded 1847, teaching music, drama, dance, production, film, and education, ranked QS world top ten.

Oct 15, 2026

Royal Copenhagen porcelain

Royal Copenhagen porcelain is made by the Danish manufactory founded in Copenhagen in 1775, known for hand-painted underglaze cobalt blue ware such as Blue Fluted and Flora Danica.

Royal corgis

Royal corgis: the Pembroke Welsh corgis of the British royal family, begun with Dookie in 1933 and the Susan line in 1944; Queen Elizabeth II owned over 30, and her last two, Muick and Sandy, live with Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.

Royal Corps of Signals

Royal Corps of Signals (R SIGNALS), British Army combat support arm founded 28 June 1920, motto Certa Cito, providing communications, cyber and electronic warfare; formerly the Royal Engineer Signal Service.

Royal court

Royal court: the monarch's household and circle of courtiers, functioning as an administrative, social, and political center; also called the princely court, distinct from judicial courts, surviving today as royal household administrations.

Royal Court (web series)

Royal Court is a 2023 American comedy talk show created, hosted, and produced by Brittany Broski for YouTube, premiering July 20, 2023, with Orville Peck as first guest.

Royal Court of Ayutthaya

The Royal Court of Ayutthaya was the government of the Siamese kingdom, ruling from its capital for 417 years under 34 kings until the Burmese destruction in 1767.

Royal Court of Tiébélé

Royal Court of Tiébélé (La Cour royale de Tiébélé), a 16th-century earthen architectural complex of the Kasena people in southern Burkina Faso; UNESCO World Heritage site since 2024 (criterion iii), 1.84 ha, with painted houses and Hague Enhanced Protection.