Buckingham palace
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Buckingham Palace is the official residence of the Queen in London. It was originally built as a private home in 1703 but was purchased by King George III in 1761 to serve as a royal residence. Today, Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family live in some of the palace's 775 rooms. Each day there is a Changing of the Guard ceremony outside the palace where soldiers parade and a band plays for around 45 minutes, which is one of London's major attractions for tourists. The palace also has various facilities like a post office, cinema, swimming pool, and jewelry workshop within its 108 meter structure.
Buckingham palace
- 2. what is the buckingham palace?? Buckingham Palace is the official residence of the Queen in London and is also used for official ceremonies, state visits and tours. The Palce is a meeting point for the British in times of crisis and festivity.
- 3. who resides??? In the palace nowadays lives the Queen and her husband, the prince Andrés (Duke of York) and the counts of Wessex.
- 4. Where is it??? The Buckingham Palace is situated in the United Kingdom, in London on the street of Buckingham Palace.
- 5. HISTORY It was a great house built by the duke of Buckingham in 1703. It was learned by the king George III in 1761 as residence deprived of the queen Charlotte and was known as the house of the queen. Later Buckingham Palace turned into the London residence of the British monarch.
- 6. THE INTEROR OF THE PALACE The palace measures 108 meters. There are 775 rooms. Also it has a post office, a cinema, a swimming pool, a medical consultation and a workshop of jeweler's shop.
- 7. CHANGING OF THE GUARD In the front of the Palace is the Royal Guard, in addition they possess a police station of policeman and personal bodyguards for every member of the royal family. It is carried out from the year 1660 in the frontal part of Buckingham Palace, where the police officers accompanied by a band parade in approximately 45 minutes. It is one of the major attractions of London. The ceremony, which alone is celebrated if the time is favorable.
- 8. video of changing the guard at Buckingham
- 9. curiosities There are secret underground tunnels in the palace of Buckingham Palace In the back ok the palace there is a Blackberry garden. A flag always flies over the place, when the Queen is in the residence the Royal standard does it and when the Union Jack is not.