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Buckingham Palace
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Buckingham Palace.
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of British monarchs (currently Queen Elizabeth II). Located opposite Pall Mall and Green Park with the white marble and gilded monument to Queen Victoria. When the monarch is in the palace, the royal standard flies above the roof of the palace.
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Story.
Buckingham Palace was originally known as Buckingham House and was built for the Duke of Buckingham (from 1703). It was purchased by King George III in 1762 as the future private residence of the monarch. Over the next 75 years, architects John Nash and Edward Blore (author of the Alupka Palace), using Buckingham House as a basis, built three more similar buildings. All together form a square in plan, in the center of which is a large courtyard.
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Story.
By 1853, the most spacious and richly decorated room of the palace was completed - the ballroom, which is 36 meters long and 18 meters wide. It was built at the behest of Queen Victoria and was first used in 1856 for a reception to mark the end of the Crimean War. Victoria's son and heir, Edward VII, was born in 1841 in this palace and died here in 1910.
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Interiors and features.
The original Georgian interior included faux marble and blue and pink lapis. King Edward VII had it extensively remodeled in the French style in cream and gold tones. Many of the small reception rooms were furnished in Chinese style with furniture from the royal pavilion in Brighton and Carlton House.
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Interior.
Currently, the palace includes 775 rooms. Of these, 19 are state rooms, 52 royal and guest rooms, 188 staff rooms, 92 offices, 72 bathrooms. It occupies an area of 20 hectares, of which 17 hectares are gardens. Buckingham Palace Gardens - the largest private gardens in London, were originally laid out by the great Lancelot Brown, but later redesigned by William Ailton and John Nash. The large artificial pond was completed in 1828.
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The palace houses the Queen's art collection with works by Rembrandt, Rubens and others. The collection also contains French porcelain, French and English furniture. The palace has a swimming pool, post office, and its own cinema. The Queen leaves Buckingham Palace for two months (August and September). During these months, the palace's state rooms are open to visitors.
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The palace is guarded by the Court Division, consisting of a regiment of Guards infantry and the Royal Horse Guards. Every day at 11:30 from April to August (every other day in other months) the changing of the guard ceremony takes place. This is perhaps the most famous ceremony in London; it attracts many tourists. During the summer, the palace is visited by approximately 30,000 guests, who take part in receptions in the royal gardens, which contain a lake and waterfalls. The picture of natural nature is complemented by flamingo birds, whose peace is not disturbed even by royal helicopters circling over the garden.
Buckingham Palace is a small town with its own police station, two post offices, a hospital, a bar, 2 sports clubs, a disco, a cinema and a swimming pool. There are about 600 in the palace. The staff of this town is about 700 people.
The cost of building Buckingham Palace reached pounds using such luxuries as 500 blocks of veined Carrara marble. By 1853, the most spacious and richly decorated room of the palace, the ballroom, was completed. King Edward VII was born in this palace in 1841 and died here in 1910.
Despite the luxury of the palace apartments, where many family treasures are kept, not everyone who lived there was happy. In his memoirs, the Duke of Windsor wrote that the huge palace “with its great halls and endless corridors seemed filled with a musty smell, which I still smell every time I enter it.”
The palace houses the Queen's art collection with works by Rembrandt, Rubens and others. The collection also contains French Sèvres porcelain, French and English furniture. The palace has a swimming pool, post office, and its own cinema. For two summer months (August and September), the Queen leaves Buckingham Palace. During these months, the palace's state rooms are open to visitors.
The palace is guarded by the Court Division, consisting of a regiment of Guards infantry and the Royal Horse Guards. Every day at 11:30 from April to August (every other day in other months) a changing of the guard ceremony takes place. This is perhaps the most famous ceremony in London; it attracts many tourists.
In summer, Buckingham Palace is visited by guests who take part in receptions in the royal gardens, where there is a lake and waterfalls
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Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace has been the London residence of British kings and queens since Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837. Queen Victoria
John Sheffield Buckingham Palace built in 1703 by John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham. King George III bought the house in 1762 as a town dwelling for Queen Charlotte, and they occupied it as a private residence. George III
Buckingham Palace panorama, 1909 Buckingham House, 1710
The present palace – building work started in 1825 – was designed by John Nash, who commissioned by King George IV. The east- or front-wing of the palace, the part most familiar to the public today, was built in 1847 and refaced in Portland stone in 1913. George IV
The west facade of Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace seen from Green Park
The Royal Family on the balcony in 1986
Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. The State apartments are in the west wing of the palace and are approached by the Grand Hall and Grand Staircase. Grand Hall
Guests ascending the Grand Staircase in 1870. Grand Staircase
The Ballroom, the largest of the apartments, built for Queen Victoria in the 1850s, is used for State banquets and investitures.
The Queen’s private apartments are in the north wing and on the opposite side is Queen’s Gallery, which since 1962 has been open to the public, showing works of the art from the royal collection. The State Dining Room The Queen's Breakfast Room
The Pennethorne Gallery
The White Drawing
The Blue Drawing Room
The Green Drawing Room
The palace garden are used for the royal garden parties; the Royal Mews, or stables, on the south of the palace grounds, house the carriages, horses and royal cars and also open to the public on certain afternoons each week.
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Queen Elizabeth II's personal footman, who became famous as the first openly gay man at Her Majesty's court, will leave the service.
Ollie Roberts, 21, decided to leave his post after palace officials accused him of drawing too much attention to himself, even though his job requires him to be virtually invisible next to the Queen.
Previously, he had already been demoted to a simple footman instead of a royal one. Then he lost access to “the body” - the privilege of walking with Elizabeth’s dogs or passing her a blanket while traveling in an open stroller. Actually, he could no longer stand on the back of the carriage either, because an ordinary footman has no right to appear next to the queen in public.
The reason for this was a series of materials and reports about him on LGBT portals and in newspapers. A source close to Buckingham Palace told the British tabloid The Sun that
Ollie was “informed that he communicated too much with the press, and they [the executives of Gazeta.Ru] knew that he initiated the appearance of articles and gossip about himself.”
Ollie Roberts was reprimanded for drawing too much attention to himself: although any position in the palace is considered prestigious, this job is not hired for the sake of fame. The source said that after the reprimand and demotion, “he thought about it for a couple of days and then decided he had to quit. He feels very humiliated, but he was so proud that he occupies such a good position and at the same time does not hide the fact that he is gay.” Her Majesty's former footman declined to comment to the press.
Before going to serve at the palace, the young man served in the Royal Air Force, and Ollie had received his position, of which he was so proud, only recently.
The incident could be bad for the royal family's reputation, especially as its younger members are active supporters of the LGBT community in the UK and around the world. For example, in 2016 he gave an interview to the gay magazine Attitude, in which he said that young people who openly admit their homosexual orientation are “truly brave because they speak out.”
When Princess Diana's sons William and Harry were still single, not a month passed without another publication attributing homosexual tendencies to them. Only a riotous lifestyle in the company of top models “saved” them from these assumptions.
However, as you know, there was one coming out and even a same-sex wedding in the royal family. On September 25, the Queen's cousin Lord Ivar Mountbatten married his lover.
And although no senior members of the royal family were able to attend the event due to their busy schedule, after the ceremony, a portrait of the newlyweds was hung at Buckingham Palace next to images of Lord Mountbatten with his ex-wife Penelope. Therefore, we can say for sure that the British royal family has successfully adapted to modern realities, and the Windsors should not be accused of homophobia.
The only rule that remains immutable is confidentiality regarding everything that is actually thought and said in the Queen's residence. And it must not be violated under any circumstances - unless you want to end up in isolation, like Meghan Markle's father Thomas Markle.
Initially, in the loud scandal with Thomas Markle, which erupted back in April 2018, Elizabeth’s household and herself were most struck by the persistent desire of the former Hollywood lighting specialist to report the contents of telephone conversations with Meghan and Harry to all media portals in the world.
Because of this, the public learned that, who is legally prohibited from expressing his political views, asked Thomas Markle to “give a chance.”
During her entire service, she was forced to fire a lot of employees who wanted to become famous at her expense, so in the case of Ollie Roberts there is nothing surprising.
Buckingham Palace
Castle. Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of British monarchs (currently Queen Elizabeth II). Located opposite Pall Mall and Green Park with the white marble and gilded monument to Queen Victoria. When the monarch is in the palace, the royal standard flies above the roof of the palace.
Story. Buckingham Palace was originally known as Buckingham House and was built for the Duke of Buckingham (from 1703). It was purchased by King George III in 1762 as the future private residence of the monarch (the official residence of St. James's Palace no longer suited him in both size and decoration). Over the next 75 years, architects John Nash and Edward Blore (author of the Alupka Palace), using Buckingham House as a basis, built three more similar buildings. All together form a square in plan, in the center of which is a large courtyard.
Story. By 1853, the most spacious and richly decorated room of the palace was completed - the ballroom, which is 36 meters long and 18 meters wide. It was built at the behest of Queen Victoria and was first used in 1856 for a reception to mark the end of the Crimean War. Victoria's son and heir, Edward VII, was born in 1841 in this palace and died here in 1910.
Interiors and features. The original Georgian interior included faux marble and blue and pink lapis. King Edward VII had it extensively remodeled in the French Belle Époque style with cream and gold tones. Many of the small reception rooms were furnished in Chinese style with furniture from the royal pavilion in Brighton and Carlton House.
Interior. Currently, the palace includes 775 rooms. Of these, 19 are state rooms, 52 royal and guest rooms, 188 staff rooms, 92 offices, 72 bathrooms. It occupies an area of 20 hectares, of which 17 hectares are gardens. Buckingham Palace Gardens - the largest private gardens in London, were originally laid out by the great Lancelot Brown, but later redesigned by William Ailton and John Nash. The large artificial pond was completed in 1828
Peculiarities. The palace houses the Queen's art collection with works by Rembrandt, Rubens and others. The collection also contains French Sèvres porcelain, French and English furniture. The palace has a swimming pool, post office, and its own cinema. The Queen leaves Buckingham Palace for two months (August and September). During these months, the palace's state rooms are open to visitors.
Tourism. The palace is guarded by the Court Division, consisting of a regiment of Guards infantry and the Royal Horse Guards. Every day at 11:30 from April to August (every other day in other months) the changing of the guard ceremony takes place. This is perhaps the most famous ceremony in London; it attracts many tourists. During the summer, the palace is visited by approximately 30,000 guests, who take part in receptions in the royal gardens, which contain a lake and waterfalls. The picture of natural nature is complemented by flamingo birds, whose peace is not disturbed even by royal helicopters circling over the garden.
Sight. We also recommend taking a look at the ancient royal stables, which appeared thanks to John Nash in the early 19th century. In the so-called stables there is now a famous carriage museum, the collection of which is truly unique of its kind. But still, the main attraction of Buckingham Palace can be called the exciting ceremony of changing the guard of the royal guards. Today it is one of the oldest English traditions known to mankind.
Castle. In addition, on a certain day for 200 years, this solemn ceremony is complemented by the carrying out of state standards by the Queen's personal guard. This significant event takes place, of course, on a difficult day, and the only time a year is on the birthday of the reigning monarch. Note: 8-day tour to London – from 1000 euros. Buckingham Palace is open to visitors only in the absence of the Queen, entrance ticket is 14 euros.
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