The Windsor Express has celebrated its 200th anniversary with a 12-page supplement.
And to mark the occasion reporter Francis Batt, who has worked for the title since 1978, was awarded a Royal Borough medal by the council.
The Windsor Express was launched by father and son Charles Knight senior and junior who published the first edition in Windsor on Saturday, 1 August, 1812.
At the beginning it also covered national news, and carried reports of the Napoleonic, Crimean and Boer wars, as well as the two World Wars.
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A separate Slough Express was launched in 1920. The Slough and Windsor Express was bought by Baylis Media in 2008 and today has a free circulation of 40,000 a week with around 2,000 paid-for sales.
Editor Martin Trepte said: ‘For two centuries the Express has faithfully served its readers by chronicling the events, large and small that have shaped our culture, community and country. To historians the Express is a unique and invaluable record of everyday life, a picture of the social history – the values and small details – that makes us what we are.
‘But before something can become history, it first has to be today’s news and the Express is first and foremost a newspaper, whether in print or online. Every week its pages report the latest news – telling readers what is happening in their community, informing, shaping opinion and holding those in power and authority to account.
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‘Reaching more than 84,000 readers every week, today’s Express continues to be a vital element in the glue that binds our community together.”
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