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Since 1992 Buckingham Palace has opened its doors to
the public. While the Queen is away at Balmoral nineteen
official state rooms which are used for state visits,
investitures, and ceremonies are opened to reveal the
extravagantly decorated rooms furnished with the finest
objects from the Royal Collection including paintings
by Rembrandt, Rubens and Canaletto, fine furniture and
Sèvres porcelain.
The special exhibition for 2016 is entitled Fashioning
a Reign: 90 Years of Style from the Queen’s Wardrobe.
Marking the Queen’s 90th birthday, the exhibition
explores the development of her personal style over the
decades, her support for British designers such as Hardy
Amies and Sir Norman Hartnell and her own contribution
to royal couture. As Buckingham Palace is the setting for
many memorable State and family occasions during The
Queen’s life and reign, the exhibition will present the
fashions of ten decades, from the 1920s to the 2010s.
It will show the unique requirements of royal couture,
from ceremonial and military attire to ensembles worn
at family celebrations, such as weddings and christenings.
Early childhood, The Queen and The Duke of
Edinburgh’s wedding, the Coronation, and wardrobes
created for royal tours and State Visits will all be
represented.
Organisers who book their own visits to Buckingham
Palace must pay for tickets in advance and these tickets
are non refundable. But if you book with City & Village
Tours you can pay just one week before your visit and we
can refund up to five places if you have any no shows.
On our
Royal London
you
will meet your Blue Badge
Guide at 10:30am to purchase morning refreshments
in the Crypt Cafe of St Pauls Cathedral ready to enjoy
a coach tour that looks at the birth places, residences,
scandals and successes of the Royal family’s long history.
There will be stop to buy lunch byt he river on the South
Bank before our afternoon visit to Buckingham Palace. w
Read the tour description here.
We also have several ticket only, non guide options which
you can find on the centre pages of our 2016 group day
trips brochure.
Cruise & Buckingham Palace
Combine a 45-60 minute river cruise (it varies a bit
according to the tide) from Greenwich to Westminster
taking you into the centre of the city just in time for
lunch; there are plenty of unique pubs and cafes.
Hop back onto your coach for a five minute drive to the
palace for your visit and some time to enjoy royal tea and
cakes in the marquee café in the garden.
Buckingham Palace & Four Star Hotel Carvery
Arrive in London for a two-course carvery with tea or
coffee at the
Rubens Hotel
, a welcoming top four-star
hotel with traditional top hat-ted doorman which is
opposite the groups entrance to the State Apartments.
More info on Tickets Please! ticket only packages here
Buckingham Palace Summer Opening
30th July - 25 September 2016
