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    Buckingham Palace

    Buckingham Palace is a palace in London. It is in the City of Westminster, in central London.

    Buckingham Palace (UK: /ˈbʌkɪŋəm/) is a royal residence in London, and the administrative headquarters
    of the monarch of the United Kingdom.[a][2] Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at
    the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focal point for the British people at times
    of national rejoicing and mourning.

    Originally known as Buckingham House, the building at the core of today's palace was a large townhouse
    built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703 on a site that had been in private ownership for at least 150
    years. It was acquired by George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte and became
    known as The Queen's House. During the 19th century it was enlarged by architects John Nash and
    Edward Blore, who constructed three wings around a central courtyard. Buckingham Palace became the
    London residence of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.

    The last major structural additions were made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the
    East Front, which contains the balcony on which the royal family traditionally appears to greet crowds. A
    German bomb destroyed the palace chapel during the Second World War; the King's Gallery was built on
    the site and opened to the public in 1962 to exhibit works of art from the Royal Collection.

    The original early-19th-century interior designs, many of which survive, include widespread use of
    brightly coloured scagliola and blue and pink lapis, on the advice of Charles Long. King Edward VII
    oversaw a partial redecoration in a Belle Époque cream and gold colour scheme. Many smaller reception
    rooms are furnished in the Chinese regency style with furniture and fittings brought from the Royal
    Pavilion at Brighton and from Carlton House. The palace has 775 rooms, and the garden is the largest
    private garden in London. The state rooms, used for official and state entertaining, are open to the public
    each year for most of August and September and on some days in winter and spring.

    The Palace's guard is changed every day at 11:01am.

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