Castles and a palace in England

The beautifully landscaped area around the keep of Windsor Castle, Windsor, England.

There are castles that are fairly humble or which have fallen down over the centuries, primarily crude forts and places of safety. However, England has some of the grand ones open for visitors to see, preserved for posterity by the National Historic Trust. Private families have found operating and maintaining castles as private homes to be financially impossible, especially as taxes on wealth have increased in the United Kingdom after World War I and again after World War II.

One tends to pair castles with kin...