Aug&Septdaily9.30am-4.15pm;¡ê9.50;advancebookingontel0171/9304832.Victoriatube.
¡¡¡¡ThegracelesscolossusofBuckinghamPalace,popularlyknownas"BuckHouse",hasservedasthemonarch¡¯spermanentLondonresidenceonlysincetheaccessionofVictoria.BoughtbyGeorgeIIIin1762,thebuildingwasoverhauledbyNashinthelate1820s,andagainbyAstonWebbintimeforGeorgeV¡¯scoronationin1913,producingapalacethat¡¯saboutasblandasit¡¯spossibletobe. ¡¡¡¡Fortwomonthsoftheyear,thehallowedportalsaregrudginglynudgedopen;timedticketsaresoldfromthetent-likeboxofficeinGreenParkatthewesternendofTheMall.Theinterior,however,isabitofananticlimax:ofthepalace¡¯s660roomsyou¡¯repermittedtoseejust18,andthere¡¯slittlesignoflife,astheQueendecampstoScotlandeverysummer.Fortheothertenmonthsoftheyearthere¡¯slittletodohere,sincethepalaceisclosedtovisitors-notthatthisdetersthecrowdswhomillaroundtherailings,andgatherinsomeforcetowatchtheChangingoftheGuard,inwhichadetachmentoftheQueen¡¯sFootGuardsmarchestoappropriatemartialmusicfromStJames¡¯sPalace(unlessitrains,thatis).
¡¡¡¡YoucanviewasmallselectionoftheRoyalCollection-whichismorethanthreetimeslargerthantheNationalGallery¡¯s-attheQueen¡¯sPictureGallery(daily9.30am-4.30pm;¡ê4),roundthesouthsideofthepalaceonBuckinghamPalaceRoad.TheexhibitionsusuallyincludesomeworksbyReynolds,Gainsborough,Vermeer,Rubens,RembrandtandCanaletto,whichmakeupthebulkofthecollection. 1 2
Aug&Septdaily9.30am-4.15pm;¡ê9.50;advancebookingontel0171/9304832.Victoriatube.
¡¡¡¡ThegracelesscolossusofBuckinghamPalace,popularlyknownas"BuckHouse",hasservedasthemonarch¡¯spermanentLondonresidenceonlysincetheaccessionofVictoria.BoughtbyGeorgeIIIin1762,thebuildingwasoverhauledbyNashinthelate1820s,andagainbyAstonWebbintimeforGeorgeV¡¯scoronationin1913,producingapalacethat¡¯saboutasblandasit¡¯spossibletobe. ¡¡¡¡Fortwomonthsoftheyear,thehallowedportalsaregrudginglynudgedopen;timedticketsaresoldfromthetent-likeboxofficeinGreenParkatthewesternendofTheMall.Theinterior,however,isabitofananticlimax:ofthepalace¡¯s660roomsyou¡¯repermittedtoseejust18,andthere¡¯slittlesignoflife,astheQueendecampstoScotlandeverysummer.Fortheothertenmonthsoftheyearthere¡¯slittletodohere,sincethepalaceisclosedtovisitors-notthatthisdetersthecrowdswhomillaroundtherailings,andgatherinsomeforcetowatchtheChangingoftheGuard,inwhichadetachmentoftheQueen¡¯sFootGuardsmarchestoappropriatemartialmusicfromStJames¡¯sPalace(unlessitrains,thatis).
¡¡¡¡YoucanviewasmallselectionoftheRoyalCollection-whichismorethanthreetimeslargerthantheNationalGallery¡¯s-attheQueen¡¯sPictureGallery(daily9.30am-4.30pm;¡ê4),roundthesouthsideofthepalaceonBuckinghamPalaceRoad.TheexhibitionsusuallyincludesomeworksbyReynolds,Gainsborough,Vermeer,Rubens,RembrandtandCanaletto,whichmakeupthebulkofthecollection. 1 2