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The Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Elizabeth, 1952. During a royal visit to Kenya, the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Elizabeth attend a February garden party at Government House in Nairobi, Kenya.
Following the Garden Party, the Queen visits a Hindu Temple and has a feast of Kashmiri delicacies. In Northumberland, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall have tea with an organic farming family. Meanwhile, The Duke of Edinburgh travels to the official opening of the Emirates Stadium, but not all goes to plan.
Buckingham Palace garden party – May 2022. The garden is the setting for the Royal Garden Parties held by the reigning monarch. Although earlier Royal owners had held entertainments in the garden, the tradition of large, formal, garden parties was established by Victoria, for whose Golden and Diamond Jubilees, two particularly lavish parties were held in 1887 and 1897. [14]
Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee (1887) On June 22, 1868, Queen Victoria ushered in a new era of royal celebrations, hosting her first garden party on the Buckingham Palace grounds.
Let’s hear it for the royal cousins—this week, Prince William hosted a garden party at Buckingham Palace on behalf of his father, King Charles, and included some VIP members of his family. Namely,
Buckingham Palace c. 1837, showing Marble Arch at left, a ceremonial entrance. It was moved next to Hyde Park to make way for the new east wing in 1847. Buckingham Palace became the principal royal residence in 1837, on the accession of Queen Victoria, [28] who was the first monarch to reside there. [29]
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The celebrations lasted a fortnight and a garden party at Buckingham Palace and a state banquet were held to mark the occasion. [4] Memorial fountains and towers were erected to mark the occasion, including the Jubilee Tower on the moors above Darwen in Lancashire and the Cunningham Clock Tower in Peshawar on the North West Frontier of British ...