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Buckingham Palace (UK: / ˈ b ʌ k ɪ ŋ ə m /) [1] is a royal residence in London, and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. [a] [2] Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality.
Name Location Type Architect Completed [note 1] Date designated Grid ref. [note 2] Geo-coordinates Entry number [note 3] Image; Buckingham Palace: Buckingham Palace SW1: Royal palace
Constitution Hill from Wellington Arch, with the Memorial Gates visible (2012). Constitution Hill is a road in the City of Westminster in London.It connects the western end of The Mall (just in front of Buckingham Palace) with Hyde Park Corner, and is bordered by Buckingham Palace Gardens to the south, and Green Park to the north.
The King's Gallery, previously known as the Queen's Gallery, [1] is a public art gallery at Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the British monarch, in London.First opened to the public in the reign of Elizabeth II in 1962, it exhibits works of art from the Royal Collection on a rotating basis.
Green Park is to the north of the gardens and semi-circular forecourt of Buckingham Palace, across Constitution Hill road. The park is in the middle of a near-continuous chain of green spaces in Westminster that includes St James's Park , Hyde Park , and Kensington Gardens .
Lancaster House reprised its role as Buckingham Palace for the Netflix series The Crown. [20] The interior was used to represent the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg for the 1981 film Reds . It also appears as the house of Lady Bracknell in the comedy of manners film The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), and as the site of a masquerade ball in ...
Buckingham Palace finally became the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. The last major structural additions were made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the East front, which contains the well-known balcony on which the royal family traditionally congregates to greet crowds ...