Throne Room Queen Elizabeth Palace Inside

Ben shephard and kate garraway take a look in the throne room.

Throne room queen elizabeth palace inside.

Inside this gate lies a royal labyrinth of 19 state rooms 92 offices 52 royal. Royal collection trust her majesty queen elizabeth ii 2020 crimson drawing room windsor castle. The primary architect of buckingham palace john nash had a background in theater design. After william iv s death in 1837 his niece queen victoria became the first official royal to call buckingham palace home.

Ah the throne room the place where the magic happens. Over the past two centuries the room has had many uses. At the palace gate. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the throne room which features theatrical red curtains that wouldn t be out of place in london s west end the pair of thrones are called the chairs of estate.

From the setting for spectacular balls in the reign of queen victoria to investitures held by king george v. The star draws include mary queen of scots private bedchamber pictured the throne room the evening drawing room and the splendid great gallery the largest room in the palace. Throne room buckingham palace. These two thrones have been in use since 1937 when queen elizabeth and king george vi were coronated and now belong to the duke of edinburgh and the queen.

A throne room or throne hall is the room often rather a hall in the official residence of the crown either a palace or a fortified castle where the throne of a senior figure usually a monarch is set up with elaborate pomp usually raised often with steps and under a canopy both of which are part of the original notion of the greek word thronos. Queen elizabeth ii is the great granddaughter of king edward vii the son of queen victoria. From the buckingham palace throne room to the green drawing room at windsor castle here are queen elizabeth s most resplendent rooms. The throne room at buckingham palace summons up the history and pageantry associated with the working monarchy like no other space in the building.

However they aren t the only thrones that reside in this room.