EDITOR’S LETTER
There’s no cosier place in the depths of winter than a Cotswold village, the honey-stone cottages all aglow and the rolling hills blanketed in silvery frost. This issue we visit some of the loveliest examples, all clustered together in the North Cotswolds (Pretty as a Picture, p14). And there’s plenty more to cheer you, from the proud tradition of the Welsh male voice choir (Land of Song, p56) to stirring stories of Britain’s bold medieval queens (Warrior queens, p33). Elsewhere this issue, we explore the new King’s homes (Royal residences, p49), from grand castles and palaces to country manors, and find out how you can stay on one of the royal estates; we meet the Duchess of Rutland, who shares her surprising journey from farmer’s daughter to chatelaine of Belvoir Castle (A…