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Letters to and from Kensington Palace regarding Princess Margaret's attendance at a Gala Fashion Evening and Banquet, organised by the hospital (which was cancelled).

Letters to and from Buckingham Palace regarding Diana, Princess of Wales, including arrangements for her visit to the hospital in March 1991.

Letters to and from Clarence House relating to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, including her patronage, visits and donations. Includes a letter from John Profumo CBE regarding a donation of roses to the hospital to mark Her Majesty's 90th birthday.

Correspondence, memoranda, board minutes and reports relating to the change of the hospital's name from Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables to an alternative name which no longer includes the term 'incurables', which had become "increasingly problematic". File includes correspondence between the hospital and representatives of the Privy Purse, HRH Prince Charles, and members of the public regarding changing the name; an annotated list of alternative names drawn up; report on the case for changing the charity's name; notes from a meeting with J Walter Thompson, the marketing and communications firm, regarding name change, 1987. File also includes a letter from HRH Prince Charles congratulating the Development Trust for the Young Disabled new appeal for a 45 bed unit in November 1986.

Correspondence, precis of meetings and reports, memorandum, legal papers, National Health Service Bill and press cuttings relating to the creation of the NHS and the hospital's arbitration case to be excluded from the national service. File includes correspondence with other voluntary hospitals for long-term chronic patients, such as British Hospital and Home for Incurables, Jewish Home for Incurables and The Northern Counties Hospital for Incurables, along with British Hospitals Association, local board of the Health and Home Office. Also includes a report on the exclusion of the Lingfield Epileptic Colony in 1949 and Precis of remarks made by the Chairman of the Voluntary Hospitals Committee for London at meeting held on 1 March 1944 regarding White Paper.

Papers relating to Chaplain's Fund, a trust fund set up by the Rt Hon Sir Massey Lopes Bt (1818-1908), a member of the Hospital Board and Conservative politician, to generate income to contribute towards the cost of chaplaincy services available at the RHN. In 1907, there was a high court case brought by Lopes against the hospital for the misuse of these funds by the Hospital Board.