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The History of Buckingham Palace dates back to the 1702 when the Duke of Buckingham had it built as his London residence. The Duke's son sold off the house in 1761 to King George III, it was renamed to "Queen's House" in 1774 as Queen Charlotte resided here. As it passed to George IV in 1820, Sir Nash was commissioned to make alterations to the palace.

His style was influenced by The French Neo Classical style for the design. The re-modeled state rooms remain unchanged from Nash's main design. Queen Victoria was the first monarch to take Buckingham Palace as her residence in 1837.

Today The Buckingham Palace is not only used as the official residence of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, but also as an administrative work place for the monarchy.

Buckingham Palace London has been the official residence of the British queen and her Highness Queen Elizabeth II and has been the official headquarters of the British Monarchy. The British Monarchy and is one of the only few of the working royal palaces left in the world today.

This highly prestigious palace was opened to the general public in the late 1993, after which this has become one of the major attractions of London city.

Entry to the Buckingham Palace is via Ambassador Court on the very famous Buckingham Palace Road. The Grand Hall one of the few well known places too see, is on the original site of the old entrance hall, this hall has been dominated by the Grand staircase stating true to its name, because of its enormity and winding proportions gathered with floral gilt-bronze balustrade.

The Changing of the Guard is probably the best known attraction of Buckingham Palace. This act dates back hundreds of years when the monarch ruling at that time had an absolute power and needed protection from his enemies.

As you walk through the Buckingham Palace you will witness the luxurious State Rooms which are lavishly furnished with paintings by Rembrandt and Rubens, sculptures by Canova and Chantrey, and also include some of the finest English and French furniture in the world, you can also see the Guard Room’s Gobelin tapestries lining the walls. The vibrantly colored silk walls of the Green Drawing Room provide an immaculate compliment to the beautifully coved and guilder ceiling.

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