Buckingham Palace has
served as the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns since 1837 and
today is the administrative headquarters of the Monarch.
Although in use for the many official events
and receptions held by The Queen, the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace are open
to visitors every year. For visitor information, please visit the Royal
Collection website.
Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include
19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and
78 bathrooms. In measurements, the building is 108 metres long across the
front, 120 metres deep (including the central quadrangle) and 24 metres high.
The Palace is very much a working building and
the centrepiece of Britain's constitutional monarchy. It houses the offices of
those who support the day-to-day activities and duties of The Queen and The
Duke of Edinburgh and their immediate family.
The Palace is also the venue for great Royal
ceremonies, State Visits and Investitures, all of which are organized by the
Royal Household.
Although Buckingham Palace is furnished and decorated
with priceless works of art that form part of the Royal Collection, one of the
major art collections in the world today. It is not an art gallery and nor is
it a museum.
Its State Rooms form the nucleus of the
working Palace and are used regularly by The Queen and members of the Royal
Family for official and State entertaining.
More than 50,000 people visit the Palace each
year as guests to banquets, lunches, dinners, receptions and the Royal Garden
Parties.
Keywords – The majestic
Buckingham Palace in London, venue for great Royal ceremonies, Royal Garden
Parties.
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