It was his late brother's dying wish to have his ashes scattered at Machu Picchu. But as he stood at the ancient Inca citadel, surrounded by mist in the Andean peaks of Peru, Royd Tolkien couldn't ...

THE great-grandson of acclaimed fantasy author JRR Tolkien has made the long journey from Flintshire to Middle Earth for the premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Royd Tolkien, who grew up on ...

The great-grandson of Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien has finally completed a set of challenges set by his brother who tragically died in 2015 aged just 39. Royd Tolkien, 47, has been ticking ...

Royd Tolkein is The Hobbit writer JRR Tolkien’s great-grandson. He talks to Metro about what it was like to appear in Return Of The King. The first proper realisation of the family name was when I ...

When Mike Tolkien, grandson of the author of Lord of the Rings, died of motor neurone disease last year at 39, he left behind a series of challenges for his beloved older brother to fulfil. In every ...

A DAREDEVIL who died before finishing his bucket list asked his brother to complete it for him after his death. Royd Tolkien, 46, was set 50 challenges to do by his brother Mike, 39, following his ...

From stroking spiders and snowboarding in a thong, to more poignant, like scattering his ashes, the tasks changed Royd Tolkien's life Jessamy Calkin has been writing for the Telegraph for more than 25 ...