Take a step back in time and imagine Georgian London. The year is 1762 and a building unlike no other becomes the talk of the town. Many marvelled at its beauty; others thought it would not last.
Artist’s impressions of what the Pagoda will look like once restoration is finished. Photo Courtesy of Historic Royal Palaces.
The Great Pagoda at Kew, designed and constructed during Chinoiserie craze…
A former railway station used by Queen Victoria and royal guests from across Europe for visits to Balmoral will be restored after it was devastated by a major fire earlier this month.  Local people and historians alike have welcomed the news that the Old Royal Station in…
An American tourist caused quite a scare by flying a drone close to Windsor Castle, where The Queen was in residence. The unmanned aircraft was spotted flying within 50 metres of the castle, and was being controlled by a remote.
The drone was reportedly being used to film a…
The staff of Windsor Castle have voted to take industrial action over a dispute of pay.
The 76 wardens, employed by the Royal Collection Trust, voted in favour by 84% of a action short of strike. The turn out was 82%.
The strike, which may start from the end of April, would see the wardens, all who are members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union omit from activities that they are…
It was the room where Queen Victoria entertained European royalty in the later part of her reign, and designed as a state setting in what had, until then, been her family and personal retreat. Now the Durbar Room at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight has been restored to…
Elizabeth Tower fell silent on Saturday night. A team from the Palace of Westminster Clockmakers climbed the tower to physically move the clock’s hands from Greenwich Mean Time to British Summer Time.
Besides the clock at the Elizabeth Tower, the team of clockmakers…
Buckingham Palace to open State Rooms Grand Entrance for first time during annual summer opening
18th March 2015
As Buckingham Palace prepares to welcome the swathes of tourists for the annual summer opening, visitors will for the first time be able to enter through the Grand Entrance.
Previously, the entrance had been reserved for visiting Heads of State but the Palace will throw open the doors for ‘A Royal Welcome’ – this year’s summer opening exhibition.
Visitors will be gain a…
In what some have seen as a landmark decision, the Westminster City Council has granted permission to Westminster Abbey to begin planning for a new stair and lift tower to be constructed at the east end of the church.
This project will enable, for the first time, public…
Unique mode of royal transport saved from scrap yard and returned to Balmoral
20th February 2015
A horse-drawn Hungarian Hunting Phaeton dating back to 1850 is saved from a scrapyard and returned to its former home, Balmoral Castle. The Phaeton is on loan to the castle by the Grampian Transport Museum in Aberdeenshire.
The Phaeton was purchased by Queen’s…
One does not turn 500 every day, so how do you celebrate such a milestone? You channel your inner Henry VIII and commission a massive cake that would make even one of Hampton Court’s famous residents proud.
This year will mark 500 years since Cardinal Wolsey leased Hampton Court and began a massive refurbishment transforming Hampton Court into an extravagant palace. A palace eventually…
