Buckingham Palace

I have to return here because when I first visited the Palace, no one was home - well some hoity-toity family friends arrived in a Rolls and disappeared behind the gates. The change of guard didn’t happen, but there was a procession that came round twice, so there was something to see.

It’s a nice walk (as in long but nice) from Piccadilly to here and then on to Big Ben. I’ll be back.

it was pretty crowded when we got there. Lots of jostling and pushing. If you wanna see the changing of the guards, get there early.

I think they do it every other day and they didn’t do it the day I was there. I am glad I got to go inside and tour it. After all, I’ve always known of this place, seen it on TV, etc. I was impressed with the art collection and glad they don’t let you tour the entire palace. It would have been too overwhelming and I’m happy with what I saw.

GOOOOD WHIZ SUN:P

Dont go on a free day as it has lots of crowd

I didn’t see Prince Harry but it was still a trip worth taking. The changing of the guard was interesting but definitley overrated.

I didn’t have a chance to see the Changing of the Guard. I’m sad.

I was lucky enough to visit the Buckingham Palace when they were open for Summer. So got an audio-guided tour of all the States room. They were beautiful! With gold & coloured walls & ornaments. Too bad no Prince William in sight :(

which means HRH was in residence. I asked one of the guards outside the gate if it was true she was in the Palace, as I had just been at Windsor Castle that morning and the Royal Standard was flying above it. He said the Queen had returned from Windsor around 3:00pm & that “she must be following you!” What a card! Anywhoo, we came back to watch the changing of the guard the next morning.

2005