This year’s summer opening of Buckingham
Palace will see a number of Royal Family portraits displayed at the
‘Prince & Patron’ exhibition. This year marks the 70th birthday of
the Prince of Wales and to celebrate, the exhibition will bring
together over 100 pieces of work that he has personally selected
from either his own collection or the Royal Collection. The
collection…
The Duke of York, Princess Anne and the
Earl and Countess of Wessex will be moving out of Buckingham Palace
shortly. The East Wing, which houses the apartments of Prince
Andrew and Prince Edward and his wife, will be undergoing
renovations under the Buckingham Place…
Next April the whole of the east wing of
Buckingham Palace, where the balcony is situated, will be closed
off and emptied. This massive undertaking will be part of the
planned £369m worth of much-needed refurbishments which will be
carried out at the palace over a span of…
Emma Dent Coad MP wants The Queen and Prince Philip to move out of Buckingham Palace
9th June 2018
Labour MP Emma Dent Coad has stated that
the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh should find
alternative accommodation and hand Buckingham Palace over to the
public if taxpayers are having to pay for the palace’s
refurbishment. MP Emma Dent Coad, whose constituency includes
Kensington Palace, strongly disagrees with the £369 million 10-year
renovation of Buckingham Palace being funded by the…
Have you ever wanted to work for the
Queen at Buckingham Palace? Well, now might be your chance. The
Queen is hiring maids to join her existing team of housekeeping
assistants at the Palace in London. Those hired will be responsible
for cleaning the Palace, chauffeuring the…
In The World As It Is: A Memoir of the
Obama White House Barack Obama’s former national security advisor,
Ben Rhodes, reveals that the then-President and First Lady of the
United States were in awe when they met The Queen on an official
visit to the UK in May 2011. Rhodes…
It’s the cake that keeps on giving. The
flower strewn bake that took centre stage at the wedding of the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on April 29th 2011 still makes its
presence felt with slices of it popping up at auction with what
seems like an almost metronomic regularity. But then there was
plenty to go round as this was a whopper of a cake. Standing eight
tiers tall and weighing in at over…
No 1 Palace Street is a new apartment
building in the heart of St James’s Park, directly opposite
Buckingham Palace. So if you’ve ever fancied drawing open the
curtains and being greeted with the beautiful site of the grand
palace first thing in the morning, a…
Buckingham Palace's Summer Opening Exhibition to mark 70th Birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales
28th March 2018
During the ten weeks of the Summer
Opening of the State Rooms in 2018, visitors to Buckingham Palace
will be able to enjoy a unique exhibition to mark the 70th Birthday
of HRH The Prince of Wales, entitled Prince and Patron, the Royal
Collection has announced today. His Royal Highness’s acknowledged
love of art is reflected in work supported by three select
charities under his patronage…
