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On 20 November 1992, a fire broke out in Windsor Castle, the largest inhabited castle in the world and one of the official residences of the British monarch.The castle suffered extensive damage and was fully repaired within the next five years at a cost of £36.5 million, in a project led by the conservation architects Donald Insall Associates.
Originally known as Buckingham House, the building at the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703 on a site that had been in private ownership for at least 150 years.
February 17 – Andorinha Building fire was caused by a short circuit in the building, killing 21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. March 31 – Hampton Court Palace fire near London, England, was determined to have been accidentally set by its only victim, the 86-year-old widow of General Richard Gale.
German forces during WWII bombed Buckingham Palace on September 13, 1940. The bombs hit both the palace and its chapel. ... A British 13-year-old boy was struck by lightning on a Friday the 13th ...
As Buckingham Palace continues to undergo a $463 million renovation, this means there won’t be any state visits there until 2027. ... The rest of the palace’s ongoing 10-year refurbishment is ...
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Bruce charts the history of the palace from its days as a hunting forest for Henry VII and a mulberry garden of James I. Buckingham House was built in 1703 for the Duke of Buckingham, and it was later purchased in 1761 by George III for his wife Charlotte and 14 of their 15 children were born there. George removed many of the ornate features ...
Buckingham Palace; Lambeth Palace restoration Edward Blore (13 September 1787 – 4 September 1879) was a 19th-century English landscape and architectural artist, architect and antiquary . Early career