Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is in London, England. It was built around 1705. It
is famous because Queen Elizabeth of
England lives there. She became queen in 1952.
Buckingham Palace is a big and beautiful building. A flag flies at the
palace. It flies on top of the palace when the queen is there. Queen Elizabeth and her family live on
the second floor of the palace. The queen has also office at the palace. Presidents,
kings and politicians meet with her. Queen has three garden parties in the
summer. She invites 9.000 people to each party!
Buckingham Palace is like a small town. It has a police station, a hospital, two post
offices, a cinema, a swimming pool, two sports clubs, a garden and a lake. The
palace has about 600 rooms. About 400 people work there. Two people have very
unusual jobs. They take care of the clocks. There are 300 clocks in Buckingham
Palace !
Queen Elizabeth’s day starts at 7:00 in the morning. Seven people take care
of her. One person prepares her bath, another person prepares her clothes.
Another person takes care of her dogs. The queen loves dogs. She has eight
dogs.
At 8:30 every morning the queen has breakfast with her
husband, Prince Philip. They drink a special coffee with a hot milk. During
breakfast, a musician plays Scottish music outside. Then the queen works in her
office the rest of the morning. After lunch she visits hospitals, schools or
new buildings.
It is
very interesting to eat dinner at Buckingham Palace. You have to follow rules.
Queen Elizabeth starts to eat first and then everybody eats. When the queen
finishes eating, everybody finishes eating. You can’t leave the table during
the dinner. The queen never accepts a telephone call during dinner.
People
visit the rooms in Buckingham Palace in August and September. There are
wonderful things to see like paintings and statues. Don’t forget that Queen Elizabeth is one of the richest
people in the world.
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