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Former Royal Palaces: Eltham Palace – a royal residence from 1305 until 1649. Rebuilt as a house after falling into ruin, it was later used by the Army and is now a museum; Apethorpe Palace; Holdenby Palace - largely demolished; Richmond Palace – a royal residence from 1497 until 1649, now ruined; Bridewell Palace – a royal residence from ...
White Lodge. Richmond. Princess Amelia of Great Britain; George III and Queen Charlotte; Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh; Albert Edward, Prince of Wales; Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge and family; Prince Albert, Duke of York and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (c. 1740–1923) York House, St James's Palace.
a summer residence of the former Greek royal family. It is now an archaeological museum. Achilleion. Royal Palace of the Empress Elizabeth of Austria, never held by the Greek Royal Family, Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes. Rhodes.
Name Type Date Condition Image Ownership / Access Notes Donnington Castle: Castle c. 1386: Fragment Built by Richard Abberbury the Elder, destroyed during the English Civil War, gatehouse survives. [36] Windsor Castle: Keep and bailey 12th–19th centuries: Intact Royal palace Restored and extended by James Wyatt and Jeffry Wyattville, 1800 ...
Buckingham Palace (UK: / ˈbʌkɪŋəm /) [ 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. It has been a focal point for the British people at times of national ...
Royal residences in the United Kingdom. This is a list of known residences of the British Royal Family. It includes historical residences, and not all of the current residences are regarded as official residences. For example, Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle are the King's private homes, which he owns personally.
Royal castles such as the Tower of London and Windsor are owned by the Occupied Royal Palaces Estate on behalf of the nation. [343] Similar organisations exist in Scotland, where the National Trust for Scotland was established 1931, and in Ireland, where An Taisce was created in 1948 to working alongside the Irish Ministry of Works to maintain ...
Cantacuzino Palace – Today George Enescu Museum, Bucharest. CEC Palace, Bucharest – palace of National Savings Bank, baroque, 1896. Cotroceni Palace – seat of the president, former Royal Palace, Bucharest, built for King Carol I of Romania in 1888, on a 1679 foundation. Creţulescu Palace – Bucharest.