The Royal Residences in Great Britain

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The Royal Residences in Great Britain

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The Royal Residences

• Throughout the centuries, Britain's kings and
  queens have built or bought palaces to serve as
  family homes, workplaces and as centres of
  government.The residences associated with today's
  Royal Family are divided into the Occupied Royal
  Residences, which are held in trust for future
  generations, and the Private Estates which have
  been handed down to The Queen by earlier
  generations of the Royal Family.

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Buckingham Palace

• Buckingham Palace has served as the
  official London residence of Britain's sovereigns
  since 1837. It evolved from a town house that was
  owned from the beginning of the eighteenth
  century by the Dukes of Buckingham.
• Today it is The Queen's official residence.
  Although in use for the many official events and
  receptions held by The Queen, areas of Buckingham
  Palace are opened to visitors on a regular basis.
  
• The History.doc

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The Mews

• The Gold State Coach, the remarkably
  ornate coach built for George III, now housed in
  the Royal Mews.
• The Mews first started in its present
  location in 1760, when George III moved his
  carriage collection and some of his horses there
  from a site near Charing Cross. It was convenient
  for them to be near to the house which he had
  just purchased from the Duke of Buckingham -
  today's Buckingham Palace. In 1764, George III
  added the indoor riding school and changed the
  name of the stables to the Royal Mews Pimlico.
• In 1837, Queen Victoria became the first
  monarch to use Buckingham Palace as both an
  official residence and home. This meant greater
  responsibilities for the Royal Mews. Her husband
  Prince Albert installed a new forge and added
  sheds in which a cow was kept. In 1855 Queen
  Victoria set up the Buckingham Palace Royal Mews
  School at her own expense for the children of the
  servants belonging to the Royal Mews. The school
  remained for over 20 years. In 1859 new
  accommodation was built for the 198 members of
  staff and their families.

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Windsor Castle

• Windsor Castle is an official residence of
  The Queen and the largest occupied castle in the
  world.  A royal palace and fortress for over 900
  years, the Castle remains a working palace today.
  Visitors can walk around the State Apartments,
  extensive suites of rooms at the heart of the
  working palace for part of the year visitors can
  also see the Semi State rooms, which are some of
  the most splendid interiors in the castle. They
  are furnished with treasures from the Royal
  Collection including paintings by Holbein,
  Rubens, Van Dyck and Lawrence, fine tapestries
  and porcelain, sculpture and armour.Within the
  Castle complex there are many additional
  attractions. In the Drawings Gallery regular
  exhibitions of treasures from the Royal Library
  are mounted. Another popular feature is the Queen
  Mary's Dolls' House, a miniature mansion built to
  perfection. The fourteenth-century St. George's
  Chapel is the burial place of ten sovereigns,
  home of the Order of the Garter, and setting for
  many royal weddings

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The Rooms in Windsor

• h St.Georges Hall
• k The Crimson Drawing room
• g The Queens Audience Chamber

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Frogmore House

• Frogmore House lies in the tranquil
  setting of the private Home Park of Windsor
  Castle. A country residence of various monarchs
  since the seventeenth century, the house is
  especially linked to Queen Victoria. The house
  and attractive gardens were one of Queen
  Victoria's favourite retreats.
• In the gardens stands the Mausoleum where
  Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert are
  buried.
• An interior view of the mausoleum at
  Frogmore, where Queen Victoria requested she be
  buried beside her beloved Prince Albert.
• The History.doc

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The Palace of Holyroodhouse

• Founded as a monastery in 1128, the Palace
  of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is The Queen's
  official residence in Scotland. Situated at the
  end of the Royal Mile, the Palace of
  Holyroodhouse is closely associated with
  Scotland's turbulent past, including Mary, Queen
  of Scots, who lived here between 1561 and 1567.
  Successive kings and queens have made the Palace
  of Holyroodhouse the premier royal residence in
  Scotland.
• Today, the Palace is the setting for State
  ceremonies and official entertaining.  Visitors
  can see the historic Royal Apartments used for
  these official functions. They are decorated with
  magnificent works of art from the Royal
  Collection.

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Balmoral Castle

• Balmoral Castle on the Balmoral Estate in
  Aberdeenshire, Scotland is the private residence
  of The Queen.
• Beloved by Queen Victoria and Prince
  Albert, Balmoral Castle has remained a favourite
  residence for The Queen and her family during the
  summer holiday period in August and September.
  The Castle is located on the large Balmoral
  Estate, a working estate which aims to protect
  the environment while contributing to the local
  economy.
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Sandringham House

• Sandringham House in Norfolk has been the
  private home of four generations of Sovereigns
  since 1862. The Queen and other members of the
  Royal family regularly spend Christmas at
  Sandringham and make it their official base until
  February each year.
• Like Balmoral, the Sandringham Estate is a
  commercial estate managed privately on The
  Queen's behalf. Sandringham House, the museum and
  the grounds are open to visitors.

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St.Jamess Palace

• St. James's Palace is the senior Palace of
  the Sovereign, with a long history as a royal
  residence. As the home of several members of the
  Royal Family and their household offices, it is
  often in use for official functions and is not
  open to the public.
• Royal marriages have taken place in the
  Chapel Royal at St. James's Palace, including
  that of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on 10
  February 1840. The Duke of York and Princess Mary
  of Teck, later King George V and Queen Mary, were
  also married there in 1893
  
  
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Kensington Palace

• Kensington Palace in London is a working
  Royal residence.
• Today Kensington contains the offices and
  London residences of Princess Alice, Duchess of
  Gloucester and The Duke and Duchess of
  Gloucester, The Duke and Duchess of Kent and
  Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. Princess
  Margaret and Diana, Princess of Wales used to
  live in Kensington Palace and have their offices
  there.Historic parts of Kensington Palace are
  open to the public. Kensington Palace is also
  home to the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection,
  with items of Royal, ceremonial and court dress
  dating from the 18th century to the present day.
• The History.doc