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(#4) The Throne Room
What goes on here: The Queen receives important visitors.
Notable events: Prince William and Kate Middleton, now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, took their formal wedding pictures here in 2011. The Queen only sat on the official throne once at her coronation but she and Philip each have their own monogrammed chairs that look a bit comfier. Queen Victoria's oldest daughter, also named Victoria, was also christened in the Throne Room in 1841.
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(#3) The Ballroom
What happens here: Banquets for important dignitaries on the first night of state visits.
Notable events: In 2011, American President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, along with Hollywood stars like Tom Hanks and Helena Bonham Carter, attended a beautiful banquet in the ballroom. The Queen also invests British citizens with honors, such as various Orders of the British Empire or knighthoods, in this room. In 2016, the ballroom was used as a space to exhibit the Queen's many notable outfits by British designers.
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(#1) The Basement
What happens here: The royals get cash out of the ATM and maybe use secret tunnels to visit other royal hot spots.
Notable events: Since 2001, princely pounds have been dispensed from an ATM in the royal basement. Tunnels also allegedly link BP to Whitehall, Parliament, and Clarence House, and maybe even the tube! Rumor has it that the Queen's parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, once explored the basement and stumbled across a squatter.
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(#7) The Grand Staircase
What happens here: Enter the State Rooms by descending this velvet-carpeted staircase.
Notable events: Designed by John Nash in 1825, the staircase is a sight to behold. The Queen and Prince Philip posed at the top of it for photos in their youth, and Queen Victoria and Prince Consort Albert regularly strolled down it together. Albert also met the King of Saxony and the Russian Tsar on this staircase.
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(#11) The Crimson Drawing Room
What goes down in here: Relaxing.
Notable events: It was Queen Charlotte's drawing room in the 1760s. It's filled with masterpieces by Rubens and van Dyck.
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(#12) The Queen's Breakfast Room
What happens here: Breakfast, and other meals if the royals are feeling wild.
Notable events: Queen Charlotte ate her breakfast here, surrounded by an a big porcelain collection she had assembled.
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Buckingham Palace is the main residence and office of the British monarch in London. It is one of the venues for British national celebrations and royal welcoming ceremonies and also an important tourist attraction. It is said that Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms, including the State Affairs Hall, guest rooms and offices, etc., among which the Queen only used 6 rooms, the meeting room is where the Queen meets the prime minister and other important people.
Some rooms of Buckingham Palace are now open to visitors, and the spectacular State Affairs Hall is regularly open to the public. The famous Janitor handover ceremony is held every morning, which has become a major feature of British royal culture. Here the random tool introduces 14 Historical things which happen in these notable rooms.
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