UK-Historic and contemporary royal palaces, residences, estates, castles

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Daily Mail: Inside Buckingham Palace's £369million renovation: How 190miles of electrical cables and 40,000 floorboards in the East Wing were replaced in six-year

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Bagshot Park   
http://www.royalpalaces.com/palaces/bagshot-park

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NEW: Buckingham Palace's East Wing will open to visitors for the first time this summer. The East Wing features the iconic balcony, where the royals have gathered for public appearances since 1851 #BuckinghamPalace

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After five years of renovations, the East Wing of Buckingham Palace has been carefully restored. Starting next week, it will be open to royal fans on a trial basis.

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Linlithgow Palace was the birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots.   

[Curryong]

Linlithgow Castle is situated in a town with an equally fascinating history with many twists and turns as well.

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Inside Buckingham Palace's East Wing: Explore the rooms behind the famous balcony

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Great collection of Italian renaissance drawings promised in an exhibition at King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, kicking off in November. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian. Also shows how the palace site is becoming more and more a gallery and museum.

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At Kensington Palace: An exhibition showing Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897   
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This exhibition brings together the widest range of drawings from this revolutionary artistic period ever to be shown in the UK. Exploring the diversity and accomplishment of drawing across Italy between 1450 and 1600, the exhibition will feature around 160 works by over 80 artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian alongside lesser-known artists, all drawn from the Royal Collection, which holds one of the world's greatest collections of Italian Renaissance drawings.

[Curryong]

This sounds like an absolutely wonderful exhibition which will be well worth visiting. The Royal Collection holds some fabulous Renaissance art, especially the Leonardo cartoons.

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Daily Mail: Buckingham Palace as you've never seen it before: Visit the regal rooms where monarchs from Queen Victoria to Elizabeth II resided - as the King throws open the front gates for the first time

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Americans in England visit Hampton Court Palace   

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Tea at Highgrove   

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Royal Collection Trust staff add the finishing touches to a Christmas tree in the Crimson Drawing room, during a photo call for Christmas decorations at Windsor Castle, Berkshire.

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A private tour of the decorations at Windsor Castle     

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King Charles will not host any state visits at Buckingham Palace until 2027 whilst the iconic landmark undergoes a £369 million renovation.

The Emir of Qatar, who is planning to visit the royal palace next month, will be the last royal hosted at the palace for three years until the overhaul is complete. In the meantime, all state visits will be held at Windsor Castle.

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The desks of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Osborne House   
  http://www.pinterest.com/pin/544654148694749085

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Inverness Castle in Scotland is the castle that hosted Queen Victoria.   
Also Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll lived there.   

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By 1372 a castle had been built at Glamis, Scotland, since in that year it was granted by King Robert II of Scotland to Sir John Lyon, Thane of Glamis.   
Sir John Lyon was the husband of the King's daughter, Princess Jean.

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At St. James Palace Prince Charles met Father Christmas at a reception for the Not Forgotten Association in 2010.   
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/199425089723661876

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The Blue Room of Buckingham Palace had originally been a red room.
  The red room had crimson curtains and wall hangings.   
Queen Mary, King George V's wife, had the red room changed to blue.

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Leicester House was a townhouse. It was located in Westminster, London, England. Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales and Augusta, Princess of Wales resided at Leicester House from 1742 to 1751.   
http://www.alamy.com/leicester-house-in-1748-image396030276.html

[Curryong]

Leicester House was a townhouse. It was located in Westminster, London, England. Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales and Augusta, Princess of Wales resided at Leicester House from 1742 to 1751.   
http://www.alamy.com/leicester-house-in-1748-image396030276.html

Leicester House was a town mansion, probably no grander than any other like mansions used by wealthy aristocrats and members of the royal family during the Season, which usually lasted between Easter and July in the 18th and 19th centuries. Otherwise their owners resided on their estates in the countryside of various counties. Many of these mansions, which were generally very large, were named after the peerages of their owners.

TownHOUSES were another thing again, as they were usually leased by country gentry and the minor aristocracy when they were in Town for the Season, had to bring a daughter 'Out' or attend Parliament. Gradually the huge mansions were vacated and demolished in the early part of the 20th century, after the rural depression started to cut into aristo incomes following the 1870s. Royals still retained a few of them, Clarence House where Charles and Camilla reside,  being one. 

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The Music Room of Buckingham Palace   
http://www.rct.uk/visit/buckingham-palace/highlights-of-buckingham-palace#musicroom