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Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the Queen's permanent London residence .It is a large house with 775 rooms with the back of the Palace facing outwards.

It had dubious origins in that it was built (1702) on the site of a notorious brothel .The son of the Duke of Buckingham sold it to George III in 1762.

The Queens holds her Garden Parties there in the summer.

The State Rooms of the Palace are open to visitors during the Annual Summer Opening in August and September. They are lavishly furnished with some of the greatest treasures from the Royal Collection - paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, Poussin, Canaletto and Claude; sculpture by Canova and Chantrey; exquisite examples of Sèvres porcelain; and some of the finest English and French furniture in the world.  

Nearest Tube :Victoria

Buckingham Palace