"It's worth doing because if we didn't, the population of swans would just gradually disappear," Royal Swan Marker David Barber previously told PEOPLE Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE ...

The King of England’s official household Swan Marker (yes, it’s a thing) began his busiest day of the year on Monday. That’s because this week is the Royal Swan Upping, an annual census of all the ...

King Charles has several royal titles, including the "Seigneur of the Swans." Since the 12th century, the British crown held the right to claim ownership of all unmarked mute swans swimming in open ...

LONDON — Scarlet uniforms flashed against the riverbank. Wooden skiffs glided in formation. A young swan, gently lifted from the water, was measured, inspected and released. The annual five-day census ...

Queen Elizabeth can add Swan Upping to a list of canceled royal events, including Trooping the Colour, Royal Ascot, the annual Maundy Service and the Chelsea Flower Show Queen Elizabeth can add the ...

LONDON — Scarlet uniforms flashed against the riverbank. Wooden skiffs glided in formation. A young swan, gently lifted from the water, was measured, inspected and released. The annual five-day census ...

Last week there was Swan-upping on the Thames. Nearly 750 years ago that traveling Plantagenet, Richard Coeur de Lion, on one of his infrequent visits to England, imported the white swan and decreed ...

Queen Elizabeth can add the ancient tradition of "Swan Upping" to the long list of royal events to have fallen foul of the coronavirus pandemic. The 800-year-old old practice of counting swans on the ...