Friday, August 23, 2013

Buckingham Palace

This was our first opportunity to visit Buckingham Palace because on previous visits the queen was in residence.  This time the queen and Prince Phillip were in Scotland shooting peasants!

We were able to tour the Royal Mews and saw the gold coronation carriage and the 1988 Australian coach  but no sign of the one more recently donated by Australia.

We also visited the Queens's Gallery which had a display of Tudor and Stuart paintings along with artwork by members of the Royal family.

The most spectacular was the State Rooms.  We were able to visit a significant portion.  This included art, furniture, sculpture set up as if the queen was in residence.  There was also a special jubilee display which was very interesting and included the coronet, jewels, dresses etc worn on the actual day of the coronation.

There are no photos in this area as they were not allowed.  We also toured the gardens.

 The Coronation Coach.  This weighs 4 tons and takes 8 horses to pull it at walking pace.
 Filling in for the queen.
How many bears can you have in one shop?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How cute are those bears!
Feeling sorry for the horses pulling that Very Gaudy coach tho'.

xoxo
Di

David said...

They are very impressive to look at