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Buckingham Palace
Tour visitors
can tour the Throne Room, Picture
Gallery and the State
Dining Room
in
Buckingham House, as it was first called, was built by the first Duke of
Buckingham between 1702 and 1705 and bought by George III in 1762. After
its considerable extension by John Nash in the 1820’s, George IV renamed
it Buckingham Palace. Queen Victoria was the first Monarch to live there
and added further wings to the Palace during the nineteenth century.
The Palace, open only for two months of the year, has a magnificent
collection of priceless art treasures, ornaments, porcelain, tapestries
and furniture, including the Coronation Throne of our present Queen
Elizabeth II. Online Discounted
Hotels
can arrange a
tour of Buckingham Palace
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