Phil and Eileen at the Palace Gates
The Queen's Backyard
The Glass Coach
London 5pm Thursday
We had tickets today for a tour of Buckingham Palace State Rooms and the Royal Mews. Decided to get a London Cab as for the 4 of us it worked out cheaper than the bus. Would have been £8.80 on the bus but was £6 by cab.
Had planned to visit the Royal Mews (where the horses, carriages and cars are kept) but encountered a slight hiccup as I had not printed both vouchers. Fortunately the voucher I had printed was for the State Rooms so at least we had them. Rang the tour company and then headed for an Internet Café to access my Hotmail and print out the voucher. Luckily this worked out.
Did the tour of the State Rooms (the place was packed) and it was fantastic to be inside Buckingham Palace. The tour included the Blue Drawing Room where Prince Charles and Prince William were christened. Saw some of the Queen’s art collection – a lot of these being paintings of her relatives. Also saw the Queen’s Faberge collection. Then we saw “the dress”, the tiara and veil, Catherine’s earrings (very nice indeed – her parents did well there), her shoes and the wedding cake. We were really glad we had got tickets as it was a tour well worth doing. Unfortunately you are not allowed to take photos inside the palace. We exited via the gardens which were beautiful.
Next we went to the Royal Mews where we saw many of the carriages used by the Royals. Saw the car that took Catherine Middleton to Westminster Abbey. Saw the glass coach that took Diana to St Pauls. Also saw the Gold Coach which is used to take monarchs to their coronations.
It was raining when we had finished but we walked down the Mall on the way back to the hotel and then cut through St James Park. We were very tired by the time we got back here and have had to put our feet up for a while.
Tomorrow we pick up the hire car at Heathrow and drive to York.
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