Saturday after a late start Niki, Toni & I headed into town to go
and see Buckingham Palace! Niki and I hadn’t really ever thought about it but Toni mentioned that the state rooms were only open for two months of the year so we thought why not. When we arrived however we were informed that all the tickets for that day had sold out already (poos!) so we had the option to pre-purchase tickets for the following day…which we did. Armed with our tickets for Sunday we decided to have a look around the gift shops since we’d come all the way in...there was a range of stuff from lovely (pricey) china, to chocolates, pens and knick knacks to embroidered slippers and a shower cap!
Unfortunately the weather was pretty crap, so since we were all cold and hungry we went back towards our place and stopped for lunch in the Kings Head Pub just up the road. It’s such a fantastic building which I’d always wanted to go in to.
Sunday we made our way back into town and really enjoyed our visit w
ith the “Queen”. Annually during August and September the Queen goes up to Scotland and the Palace’s 19 state rooms are open to tourists. You get an audio guide which is fantastic and even has royal music which really makes you feel like you’re p
art of it. The Palace is just incredible, lavishly decorated and very spacious… 200+ bedrooms!! Buckingham Palace is one of the few working palaces in the world so it was really interesting hearing information about the residence and the people who work there. This year for the first time ever they had the ballroom setup for a state banquet. This was by far the most impressive room and every detail was perfect. They measure the exact space between napkins and the utensils etc! We weren’t allowed to take photos inside so I’ve copied some from the website. One thing I was surprised about was how small the "throne" was...I must've watched too many movies depicting massive thrones!
and see Buckingham Palace! Niki and I hadn’t really ever thought about it but Toni mentioned that the state rooms were only open for two months of the year so we thought why not. When we arrived however we were informed that all the tickets for that day had sold out already (poos!) so we had the option to pre-purchase tickets for the following day…which we did. Armed with our tickets for Sunday we decided to have a look around the gift shops since we’d come all the way in...there was a range of stuff from lovely (pricey) china, to chocolates, pens and knick knacks to embroidered slippers and a shower cap!Unfortunately the weather was pretty crap, so since we were all cold and hungry we went back towards our place and stopped for lunch in the Kings Head Pub just up the road. It’s such a fantastic building which I’d always wanted to go in to.
Sunday we made our way back into town and really enjoyed our visit w
ith the “Queen”. Annually during August and September the Queen goes up to Scotland and the Palace’s 19 state rooms are open to tourists. You get an audio guide which is fantastic and even has royal music which really makes you feel like you’re p
art of it. The Palace is just incredible, lavishly decorated and very spacious… 200+ bedrooms!! Buckingham Palace is one of the few working palaces in the world so it was really interesting hearing information about the residence and the people who work there. This year for the first time ever they had the ballroom setup for a state banquet. This was by far the most impressive room and every detail was perfect. They measure the exact space between napkins and the utensils etc! We weren’t allowed to take photos inside so I’ve copied some from the website. One thing I was surprised about was how small the "throne" was...I must've watched too many movies depicting massive thrones!
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