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Buckingham Palace (pronounced
/ˈbʌkɪŋəm/) is the official London residence of the
British monarch.[1]
The palace is a setting for state occasions and royal entertaining,
and a major tourist attraction. It has been a rallying point for the
British people at times of national rejoicing and crisis.
Originally known as Buckingham House,
the building forming the core of today's palace was a large
townhouse
built for the
Duke of Buckingham in 1703 and acquired by
King George III in 1762 as a private
residence,
known as "The Queen's House". It was enlarged over the next 75 years,
principally by
architects
John Nash and
Edward Blore, forming three wings around a central courtyard. Buckingham
Palace finally became the official royal palace of the British monarch
on the accession of
Queen Victoria in 1837. The last major structural additions were
made in the late 19th and early 20th century, including the present-day
public face of Buckingham Palace.
The original early 19th-century interior
designs, many of which still survive, included widespread use of brightly
coloured
scagliola
and blue and pink
lapis, on the advice of Sir Charles Long.
King Edward VII oversaw a partial redecoration in a
Belle epoque cream and gold colour scheme. Many smaller reception
rooms are furnished in the
Chinese
regency style with furniture and fittings brought from the
Royal Pavilion at
Brighton
and from
Carlton House following the death of
King George IV. The
Buckingham Palace Garden is the largest private garden in London,
originally landscaped by
Capability Brown, but redesigned by
William Townsend Aiton of
Kew Gardens and John Nash. The artificial lake was completed in
1828 and is supplied with water from the
Serpentine, a lake in
Hyde Park.
The state rooms form the nucleus of the
working Palace and are currently used regularly by
Queen Elizabeth II and members of the royal family for official
and state entertaining. Buckingham Palace is one of the world's most
familiar buildings and more than 50,000 people visit the palace each
year as guests to banquets, lunches, dinners, receptions and the royal
garden parties.
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on Buckingham Palace in 1702 and has been the official
London residence of the British Royal Family since 1837. |
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| Buckingham Palace
was built in 1702 by the Duke of Buckingham as his London
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by the Dukes son. |
| Marble Arch was
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