Clarence House has been an active royal residence since it was completed in 1827. Learn more about the Queen’s former home here.
Where is it located?
Clarence House is a British royal residence which is located on The Mall in the City of Westminster, London. The four-storey building is attached to St James’s Palace and is less than a five-minute walk from Buckingham Palace.
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The Prince of Wales reveals details about special musical tribute to The Queen Mother
27th May 2020
The Prince of Wales has revealed more of the inspirations behind the piece of music he commissioned to honour his grandmother, The Queen Mother, after her death. He was speaking on Classic FM on Tuesday evening.
“I asked [Nigel Hess] to write a piano concerto in memory…
They were famously close throughout her long life and even now his beloved grandmother remains a major influence. The Duke of Rothesay, as Prince Charles is known in Scotland, has paid a glowing tribute to the late Queen Mother at an event that owes its very existence to…
The fourth day of August turned out to be a very good one for the House of Windsor. Two of its most famous women made their debut on that date. They joined a rather interesting list of people with regal connections who celebrated birthdays then. As the royal bunting comes out once more for the Duchess of Sussex’s celebrations, here’s a look at those born on August 4th.
Birth of the…
The Queen Mother’s determination to keep her distance from Wallis Simpson is at the heart of a new TV programme. In ‘Queen Mum: the Reluctant Queen’, her attitude towards the Duchess of Windsor is examined with one letter, describing her as a ‘’naughty lady’’…
Stories about the late Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, are pouring in in the aftermath of her death last Thursday, including one by her ex-husband about the time she was introduced to the Queen Mother and members of the Royal Family.
Glynn Turman, Aretha’s ex-husband…
It’s perhaps the most famous and talked about royal wedding bouquet of all. The flowers carried by the Queen Mother, then Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, at her marriage in April 1923 have entered regal folklore after the bride used them to begin a royal wedding tradition known around the world. But do you actually know what this celebrated bouquet looks like?
The chances are that the answer is no…
On the 66th anniversary of The Queen’s accession to the throne, a former lady-in-waiting to The Queen Mother and a friend of The Queen has revealed the advice that the Queen Mother passed along to her young daughter.
Lady Penn sat down for a Channel 5 documentary series…
Roy Strong, the man who has spent years documenting the lives of members of the Royal Family, has alleged that the Queen Mother made a racist comment.
Sir Roy Strong has published numerous books about his long relationship with the Royal Family. The second volume was gossip…
Luxury guest house to be built at Queen Mother’s Highland castle
8th February 2017
A luxury guest house is to be created on the grounds of the Queen Mother’s Castle of Mey as plans for ten en suite visitor rooms have been approved by local authority officials.
Under the current plan, the old granary building, locating 500ft to the north-east of the castle would be converted into guest bedrooms. The building dates back to the 17th century. A new building is proposed to…
