Tourists will also be able to see the balcony from where the King greets the public.
It will open to the public for the first time in history east wing Buckingham Palace, the seat of the British royal family. Tourists will also be able to see the balcony from where the King greets the public. Summer tours will begin on Thursday, the wing built under Queen Victoria will open on July 15, writes The Guardian.
The monarchy already informed about the news in the visitor circuit of the palace in the center of London in the spring. The interest was so great that all 6,000 tickets were sold within a few hours, although admission for an adult costs 75 pounds (2,250 CZK).
Victoria had nine children with over 40 grandchildren and had a new wing of Buckingham Palace built between 1847 and 1849 for her rapidly expanding family. The construction of the balcony was proposed by the Queen’s husband Prince Albert, according to whom it was intended to bring the monarchy closer to the people. However, visitors will not have access to the balcony itself, as it is surrounded by a dangerously low railing.
The repair of this part of the palace took almost ten years and cost 370 million pounds (11.8 billion CZK). The axis of the tour is a corridor more than 70 meters long, which is decorated with valuable paintings, chandeliers and historical furniture. Here you will find Chinese vases, pagodas and dragons, which were a great collecting passion of King George IV. Victoria had them transported to Buckingham Palace when she sold the royal residence in Brighton in the south of England, where George IV had them. exposed.
Source: zpravy.tiscali.cz
