Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch (or sovereign), and the largest "working" royal palace remaining in the world. The expression "Buckingham Palace" or simply "The Palace" has become a common way of referring to the source of press statements coming from parts of the British Royal Family (see Metonymy). In addition to being the London home of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace is a setting for state occasions, royal entertaining and base for all officially visiting heads of state, and is a major tourist attraction. It has been a rallying point fo ...

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Buckingham Palace - Early history. The first house recorded on the site was known as Goring House, built by the Lord Goring circa 1633. However, the house which forms the nucleus of the present palace was built for the Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703. Buckingham had the house rebuilt by the architect William Winde. The style chosen was of a large, three-floored central b ...

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The present Royal Mews is in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, to the south of Buckingham Palace Gardens, near Grosvenor Place. In the 1760s George III moved some of his day-to-day horses and carriages to the grounds of Buckingham House, which he had acquired in 1762 for his wife's use, but the main royal stables housing the ceremonial coaches and their horses remained at the King's Mews. However when his son George IV had Buckingham Palace converted into the main royal residence in the 1820s the whole stables establishment was moved. ...

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Royal Mews, Royal Mews - Charing Cross, Royal Mews - Buckingham Palace, Royal Mews - External link

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Windsor Castle is, along with Buckingham Palace in London and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, one of the principal official residences of the British monarch. Queen Elizabeth II stays there on many weekends of the year, as well as during the prestigious Royal Meeting at the nearby Ascot Racecourse. It claims the distinction of being the largest occupied castle in the world, and among the oldest. Windsor Castle - Location and architecture. The castle is located in the Berkshire town of Windsor, in the Thames V ...

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The Waterloo Vase is a great urn, 15 ft (5 m) high and weighing 20 tons, fashioned from a single piece of Carrara marble. Since 1906, it has been used as a garden ornament in the garden of Buckingham Palace. The Emperor Napoleon I of France passing through Tuscany on his journey to the Russian front was shown a single massive block of marble, he asked for for it to be preserved. It is thought that Napoleon may have ordered it to be roughly hewn into the present urn shape, leaving the panels undecorated in ...

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The Fathers 4 Justice Buckingham Palace protest was an incident that took place in London, England on September 13, 2004. At 14:20 BST, a group of protesters appeared outside the front gates of Buckingham Palace, and as the palace security was distracted, Jason Hatch and David Pyke, members of Fathers 4 Justice, ascended over the perimeter fence of the palace. Hatch, dressed as the internationally known superhero Batman, and Pyke as sidekick Robin, unfurled a ladder and began climbing up to a roof of an attached building. Hatch made i ...

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Government House - Australia. Government House, Canberra is the residence of the Governor-General of Australia. It is set in 530,000 square metres of grounds at "Yarralumla", which was a large farm on which much of present-day central Canberra now sits. The house itself is the former main house on the property, though it has been extended several times.

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Government House, Government House - Official residences worldwide, Government House - Australia, Government House - Canada, Government House - Fiji, Government House - Hong Kong, Government House - Jersey, Government House - New Zealand, Government House - Government Houses outside the Commonwealth, Government House - Note on usage

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The Fathers 4 Justice House of Commons protest, also dubbed The Fun Powder Plot, is an incident that took place on May 19, 2004. Two members of Fathers 4 Justice, Guy Harrison and Ron Davis, threw two condoms filled with purple-dyed flour into the chamber of the House of Commons, one of which hit Prime Minister Tony Blair. The incident took place at 12:18 BST during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session and was shown live on television across the world. Blair was surrounded by leading members of his Cabinet, incl ...

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By the 13th century, the Palace of Westminster had become the centre of government in England, and had been the main London residence of the king since 1049. The surrounding area became a very popular — and expensive — location. Walter de Grey, the Archbishop of York bought a property in the area soon after 1240, calling it York Place. Edward I of England stayed at the property on several occasions while work was carried out at Westminster, and enlarged the building to accommodate his entourage. York Place was rebuilt durin ...

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Palace of Whitehall, Palace of Whitehall - Location, Palace of Whitehall - History, Palace of Whitehall - Demise, Palace of Whitehall - The palace today

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Fathers 4 Justice was founded by 38-year-old Matt O’Connor, a marketing consultant and father of two, in 2003. who became incensed with family law after a court temporarily barred him from seeing his two young sons outside of a contact centre, following his separation from his wife in 2000. On 17 December 2002, O’Connor and a small group of supporters staged their first protest by storming the Royal Courts of Justice dressed as Father Christmas. Fathers 4 Justice was officially founded in January 2003. Initially the group targeted the homes of family court judges and family lawyers' ...

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Fathers 4 Justice, Fathers 4 Justice - History, Fathers 4 Justice - Politics, Fathers 4 Justice - Structure and Membership

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The Queen's Guard is the name given to the contingent of infantry responsible for guarding Buckingham Palace and St. James's Palace (including Clarence House) in London. The guard is made up of a company of soldiers from a single regiment, which is split in two, providing a detachment for Buckingham Palace and a detachment for St James's Palace. Because the Sovereign's official residence is still St James's, the guard commander (called the 'Captain of the Guard') is based there, as are the regiment's colours. When the Sovereign is in ...

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St. James's Palace is still technically the "senior palace" of the monarch; the Chapel Royal is situated there and foreign ambassadors are still accredited to it. However, the Queen does not have an apartment there. List of British Royal Residences - The Queen. Buckingham Palace, London Windsor Castle (Easter week, Royal Ascot week in June) Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh Sandringham House in Norfolk (Christmas) Balmoral Castle in Scotland (August-September) < ...

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List of British Royal Residences, List of British Royal Residences - Current residences, List of British Royal Residences - The Queen, List of British Royal Residences - The Prince of Wales, List of British Royal Residences - Other members of the Royal Family, List of British Royal Residences - Former Royal residences

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Princess Victoria was born on 21 November 1840 at Buckingham Palace, London. Her mother was the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria, the only daughter of King George III's fourth eldest son, Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent. Her father was Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She was baptised in the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace on 10 February 1841 by William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury and her godparents were the Dowager Queen Adelaide, the King of Belgium, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and G ...

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Victoria Princess Royal and Empress Frederick, Victoria Princess Royal and Empress Frederick - Early life, Victoria Princess Royal and Empress Frederick - Marriage, Victoria Princess Royal and Empress Frederick - Crown Princess of Prussia, Victoria Princess Royal and Empress Frederick - German Empress & Empress Friedrich, Victoria Princess Royal and Empress Frederick - Titles from birth to death

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The Princess Alice was born on April 25, 1843 at Buckingham Palace, London. Her mother was the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria, the only child of King George III's fourth son, Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent. Her father was Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. As the daughter of the sovereign, Alice was styled Her Royal Highness The Princess Alice from birth. She was baptised in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace on June 2, 1843 by William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury and her godparents were the King of Hanover, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prin ...

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Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom - Early Life, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom - Marriage, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom - Later Life, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom - Titles

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Princess Beatrice was born on April 14, 1857, at Buckingham Palace, London. Her mother was the reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria, the only daughter of King George III's fourth eldest son, Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent. Her father was Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. As the daughter of the sovereign, Beatrice was styled Her Royal Highness from birth. She was baptised in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace on 16 June 1857 by John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury and her godparents were the Duchess of Kent, the Prince ...

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Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom - Early Life, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom - Marriage, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom - Princess Henry of Battenberg, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom - Queen Victoria's Journals, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom - House of Windsor, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom - Death, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom - Titles and Honours, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom - Titles from birth to death, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom - Honours

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The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Prince Albert designed the house himself. The builder was Thomas Cubitt, the London architect and builder whose company also built the main façade of Buckingham Palace. An earlier, smaller house on the site was demolished. The architecture of the building is based on palaces of the Italian Renaissance, complete with two pseudo-campanile towers. The house consisted of the original square wing known as 'The Pavilion', which contained the principal an ...

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Osborne House, Osborne House - History, Osborne House - Naval College, Osborne House - Osborne Today, Osborne House - English Heritage

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Now seen as a fringe organization with a cloudy past, the British-Israel-World Federation was born in the 19th Century during the days when the sun did not appear to be setting on the British Empire. For many years the organization maintained an office near Buckingham Palace. It later moved to the area of the renovated docklands of London until it finally removed itself from England. The history of the organization closely follows the rise and fall of the prestige of the British mo ...

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British-Israel-World Federation, British-Israel-World Federation - Background

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Three infantry battalions of the British army are currently tasked with the provision of Public Duties. Two of these are from the Foot Guards of the Household Division, and one (since 1996) is a line infantry battalion. The former are normally based at Wellington Barracks in central London, within a short distance of Buckingham Palace, and at Victoria Barracks in Windsor Castle, while the latter is at the Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow. Permanent Public Duties companies of the Foot Guards also supplement these men. Line Infantry ...

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Public duties, Public duties - London, Public duties - Arms Plot, Public duties - Ottawa

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On October 31st 2003, David Chick, dressed as Spider-Man, climbed a crane near Tower Bridge in London to add his voice to the Fathers 4 Justice campaign for fathers' rights. He ended up staying at the top of the 100 feet crane for six days. The stunt resulted in unprecedented press coverage for the group and its campaign. The police cleared the area and the disruption to the city's traffic was enormous, resulting in the suspension of the London Congestion Charge for a ...

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