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The house which forms the architectural core of the palace was built for the first Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703 to the design of William Winde. The style chosen was of a large, three-floored central block with two smaller flanking service wings. Buckingham House was eventually sold by Buckingham's descendant, Sir Charles Sheffield, in 1761 to George III for £21,000. Sheffield's leasehold on the mulberry garden site, the freehold of which was still owned by the royal family, was due to expire in 1774.

Question: The house which is the core of Buckingham was first built for who? Question: In what year did William Winde design the house which forms the core of the palace? Question: Who designed the house for the Duke of Buckingham? Question: How many flanking service wings did the original Buckingham House have? Question: How many flanking service wings did Buckingham House have? Question: Who sold Buckingham house in 1761? Question: Who bought Buckingham House in 1761? Question: How much did George III pay for the house? Question: How much did George III pay for Buckingham House? Question: In what year was the leasehold of the Mulberry site due to expire?
Remodelling of the structure began in 1762. After his accession to the throne in 1820, King George IV continued the renovation with the idea in mind of a small, comfortable home. While the work was in progress, in 1826, the King decided to modify the house into a palace with the help of his architect John Nash. Some furnishings were transferred from Carlton House, and others had been bought in France after the French Revolution. The external façade was designed keeping in mind the French neo-classical influence preferred by George IV. The cost of the renovations grew dramatically, and by 1829 the extravagance of Nash's designs resulted in his removal as architect. On the death of George IV in 1830, his younger brother King William IV hired Edward Blore to finish the work. At one stage, William considered converting the palace into the new Houses of Parliament, after the destruction of the Palace of Westminster by fire in 1834.

Question: What year did remodeling of Buckingham House begin? Question: What did King George IV originally want the structure to be? Question: What was George IV's original plan for the house? Question: What year did the king decide to make it into a palace? Question: Which architect helped modify the house into a palace? Question: Who was the main architect that transformed the house into the palace? Question: In what year was Nash removed as architect? Question: Who was hired in 1830 to finish the work on the palace? Question: Who did King William IV hired to finish the work after Nash was fired? Question: King William thought about converting the palace into what after a fire destroyed the Palace of Westminster in 1834?
Buckingham Palace finally became the principal royal residence in 1837, on the accession of Queen Victoria, who was the first monarch to reside there; her predecessor William IV had died before its completion. While the state rooms were a riot of gilt and colour, the necessities of the new palace were somewhat less luxurious. For one thing, it was reported the chimneys smoked so much that the fires had to be allowed to die down, and consequently the court shivered in icy magnificence. Ventilation was so bad that the interior smelled, and when a decision was taken to install gas lamps, there was a serious worry about the build-up of gas on the lower floors. It was also said that staff were lax and lazy and the palace was dirty. Following the queen's marriage in 1840, her husband, Prince Albert, concerned himself with a reorganisation of the household offices and staff, and with the design faults of the palace. The problems were all rectified by the close of 1840. However, the builders were to return within the decade.

Question: Buckingham became a principle residence for the Royal Family in which year? Question: When did Buckingham officially become the principle royal residence? Question: Who was the first monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace? Question: Who was the first monarch to reside there? Question: Who died before the palace was completed? Question: Who died before seeing Buckingham Palace's completion? Question: What was the problem with chimneys in the palace? Question: What was the problem with the palace's chimneys? Question: Who dealt with the design faults of the palace? Question: At the end of which year were most of the design problems of the palace rectified under Prince Albert?
By 1847, the couple had found the palace too small for court life and their growing family, and consequently the new wing, designed by Edward Blore, was built by Thomas Cubitt, enclosing the central quadrangle. The large East Front, facing The Mall, is today the "public face" of Buckingham Palace, and contains the balcony from which the royal family acknowledge the crowds on momentous occasions and after the annual Trooping the Colour. The ballroom wing and a further suite of state rooms were also built in this period, designed by Nash's student Sir James Pennethorne.

Question: Who designed the new wing for the palace in 1847? Question: Who designed a new wing for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert when they felt they needed more space? Question: The new wing was built by whom? Question: Who built the new wing? Question: What is considered the public face of the palace? Question: What is the East front of the palace known as? Question: The East Front contains what famous feature? Question: What other wing was built during this time? Question: Who was the student of Nash that designed the ballroom wing? Question: Which of Nash's students designed The Ballroom?
Before Prince Albert's death, the palace was frequently the scene of musical entertainments, and the greatest contemporary musicians entertained at Buckingham Palace. The composer Felix Mendelssohn is known to have played there on three occasions. Johann Strauss II and his orchestra played there when in England. Strauss's "Alice Polka" was first performed at the palace in 1849 in honour of the queen's daughter, Princess Alice. Under Victoria, Buckingham Palace was frequently the scene of lavish costume balls, in addition to the usual royal ceremonies, investitures and presentations.

Question: The palace frequently hosted which type of events prior to the death of Prince Albert? Question: Before Prince Albert died what sort of entertainment was held at Buckingham? Question: Which composer played at Buckingham on three occasions? Question: Which composer played there on three occasions? Question: Who performed Alice Polka in honor of Princess Alice? Question: Which piece of music by Johann Strauss was first performed at Buckingham in honor of Princess Alice? Question: Queen Victoria hosted which type of balls? Question: What type of balls did Queen Victoria hold?
Widowed in 1861, the grief-stricken Queen withdrew from public life and left Buckingham Palace to live at Windsor Castle, Balmoral Castle and Osborne House. For many years the palace was seldom used, even neglected. In 1864, a note was found pinned to the fence of Buckingham Palace, saying: "These commanding premises to be let or sold, in consequence of the late occupant's declining business." Eventually, public opinion forced the Queen to return to London, though even then she preferred to live elsewhere whenever possible. Court functions were still held at Windsor Castle, presided over by the sombre Queen habitually dressed in mourning black, while Buckingham Palace remained shuttered for most of the year.

Question: When year did Prince Albert die? Question: When did Prince Albert die? Question: What did Queen Victoria do in response to his death? Question: Which house did Queen Victoria stay at after she left Buckingham? Question: What was the fate of Buckingham after the left? Question: What happened to Buckingham after Queen Victoria left? Question: What forced the Queen to return to London? Question: Where were court functions held upon the Queens return to London? Question: Where did Queen Victoria hold court functions during this time?
The palace measures 108 metres (354 ft) by 120 metres (390 ft), is 24 metres (79 ft) high and contains over 77,000 m2 (830,000 sq ft) of floorspace. The floor area is smaller than the Royal Palace of Madrid, the Papal Palace in Rome, the Louvre in Paris, the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, or the Forbidden City. There are 775 rooms, including 19 state rooms, 52 principal bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, and 78 bathrooms. The principal rooms are contained on the piano nobile behind the west-facing garden façade at the rear of the palace. The centre of this ornate suite of state rooms is the Music Room, its large bow the dominant feature of the façade. Flanking the Music Room are the Blue and the White Drawing Rooms. At the centre of the suite, serving as a corridor to link the state rooms, is the Picture Gallery, which is top-lit and 55 yards (50 m) long. The Gallery is hung with numerous works including some by Rembrandt, van Dyck, Rubens and Vermeer; other rooms leading from the Picture Gallery are the Throne Room and the Green Drawing Room. The Green Drawing Room serves as a huge anteroom to the Throne Room, and is part of the ceremonial route to the throne from the Guard Room at the top of the Grand Staircase. The Guard Room contains white marble statues of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, in Roman costume, set in a tribune lined with tapestries. These very formal rooms are used only for ceremonial and official entertaining, but are open to the public every summer.

Question: What is the floor space of the palace? Question: How many staterooms does the palace have? Question: How many principle bedrooms does the palace have? Question: How many offices does the palace have? Question: How many bathrooms are there? Question: How many bathrooms does the palace have? Question: A large bow is a large feature of the facade in which stateroom? Question: How long is the Picture Gallery in yards? Question: Which rooms has large white marble statues of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria?
Directly underneath the State Apartments is a suite of slightly less grand rooms known as the semi-state apartments. Opening from the Marble Hall, these rooms are used for less formal entertaining, such as luncheon parties and private audiences. Some of the rooms are named and decorated for particular visitors, such as the 1844 Room, decorated in that year for the State visit of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, and, on the other side of the Bow Room, the 1855 Room, in honour of the visit of Emperor Napoleon III of France. At the centre of this suite is the Bow Room, through which thousands of guests pass annually to the Queen's Garden Parties in the Gardens. The Queen and Prince Philip use a smaller suite of rooms in the north wing.

Question: Which rooms are used for less formal entertaining such as luncheons or private audiences? Question: What is the name of the slightly less luxurious staterooms located underneath the State Apartments? Question: What type of entertaining are the semi-state apartments used for? Question: Which room is named for visit of Tsar Nicolas I of Russia? Question: Who is the 1844 Room named after? Question: The 1855 Room is name for which European emperor? Question: Who is the 1855 Room named after? Question: Guests attending the Queen's Garden Parties will mostly likely see which room? Question: Where are the suites located that the Queen and Prince Phillip use? Question: Where are the Queen and Prince Phillip's apartments located?
Between 1847 and 1850, when Blore was building the new east wing, the Brighton Pavilion was once again plundered of its fittings. As a result, many of the rooms in the new wing have a distinctly oriental atmosphere. The red and blue Chinese Luncheon Room is made up from parts of the Brighton Banqueting and Music Rooms with a large oriental chimney piece sculpted by Richard Westmacott. The Yellow Drawing Room has wallpaper supplied in 1817 for the Brighton Saloon, and a chimney piece which is a European vision of how the Chinese chimney piece may appear. It has nodding mandarins in niches and fearsome winged dragons, designed by Robert Jones.

Question: When was the new east wing built? Question: What was Blore building between 1847 and 1850? Question: Where did many of the fittings for the new east wing come from? Question: What is the theme for the new east wing? Question: Many rooms in the new east wing are in what style? Question: Parts of the Brighton Banqueting and Music Rooms from Brighton Pavilion make up which Buckingham Room? Question: The red and blue Chinese Luncheon Room has what as a main feature? Question: Who designed the chimney piece in The Yellow Drawing Room?
At the centre of this wing is the famous balcony with the Centre Room behind its glass doors. This is a Chinese-style saloon enhanced by Queen Mary, who, working with the designer Sir Charles Allom, created a more "binding" Chinese theme in the late 1920s, although the lacquer doors were brought from Brighton in 1873. Running the length of the piano nobile of the east wing is the great gallery, modestly known as the Principal Corridor, which runs the length of the eastern side of the quadrangle. It has mirrored doors, and mirrored cross walls reflecting porcelain pagodas and other oriental furniture from Brighton. The Chinese Luncheon Room and Yellow Drawing Room are situated at each end of this gallery, with the Centre Room obviously placed in the centre.

Question: Which room has the famous balcony used by the royals? Question: Which room feature the famous balcony? Question: Which Queen enhanced the Chinese theme of the Centre Room in the 1920s? Question: Which designer did Queen Mary work with to enhance the Centre Room? Question: What is the main theme of the Centre Room? Question: The lacquer doors in the Centre Room were brought from Brighton in which year? Question: What year were the lacquer doors brought from Brighton? Question: The Principle Corridor features which type of doors? Question: The Principle Corridor has which type of doors?
When paying a state visit to Britain, foreign heads of state are usually entertained by the Queen at Buckingham Palace. They are allocated a large suite of rooms known as the Belgian Suite, situated at the foot of the Minister's Staircase, on the ground floor of the north-facing Garden Wing. The rooms of the suite are linked by narrow corridors, one of them is given extra height and perspective by saucer domes designed by Nash in the style of Soane. A second corridor in the suite has Gothic influenced cross over vaulting. The Belgian Rooms themselves were decorated in their present style and named after Prince Albert's uncle Léopold I, first King of the Belgians. In 1936, the suite briefly became the private apartments of the palace when they were occupied by King Edward VIII.

Question: Where do foreign heads of stay usually stay in Buckingham Palace? Question: Where do foreign heads of stay at Buckingham Palace? Question: The Belgian Suite is located at the foot of which staircase? Question: The Belgian Suite is located at the bottom of which staircase? Question: On which floor is the Belgian Suite located? Question: What floor are the Belgian Suites located? Question: How are the rooms of the Belgian Suites linked? Question: How are the rooms in the Belgian Suite connected? Question: What is the style of the saucer domes in the Belgian Suite? Question: The saucer domes are in whose style?
Thus, Buckingham Palace is a symbol and home of the British monarchy, an art gallery and a tourist attraction. Behind the gilded railings and gates which were completed by the Bromsgrove Guild in 1911 and Webb's famous façade, which has been described in a book published by the Royal Collection as looking "like everybody's idea of a palace", is not only a weekday home of the Queen and Prince Philip but also the London residence of the Duke of York and the Earl and Countess of Wessex. The palace also houses the offices of the Queen, Prince Philip, Duke of York, Earl and Countess of Wessex, Princess Royal, and Princess Alexandra, and is the workplace of more than 800 people.

Question: Who is Buckingham palace home to? Question: Aside from being the home of the monarchy and a tourist attraction, what else is Buckingham Palace known for? Question: Who made the palaces gilded railings and gates? Question: Who completed the palaces gilded railing and gates? Question: In what year were the railings and gates completed? Question: Buckingham Palace is also the London Residence for which Duke? Question: How many people work at Buckingham Palace? Question: How many people work at Buckingham Palace?
The palace, like Windsor Castle, is owned by the Crown Estate. It is not the monarch's personal property, unlike Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle. Many of the contents from Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace, and St James's Palace are part of the Royal Collection, held in trust by the Sovereign; they can, on occasion, be viewed by the public at the Queen's Gallery, near the Royal Mews. Unlike the palace and the castle, the purpose-built gallery is open continually and displays a changing selection of items from the collection. It occupies the site of the chapel destroyed by an air raid in World War II. The palace's state rooms have been open to the public during August and September and on selected dates throughout the year since 1993. The money raised in entry fees was originally put towards the rebuilding of Windsor Castle after the 1992 fire devastated many of its state rooms. 476,000 people visited the palace in the 2014–15 financial year.

Question: Buckingham Palace is actually owned by whom? Question: Who owns Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle? Question: Where can the public view the Royal Collection? Question: Where can the public view items from the Royal Collection? Question: What was located on the site that is now the Queen's Gallery? Question: What part of the palace has been open to the public every August and September and other select dates since 1993? Question: Since when have the palaces rooms been opened to the public? Question: How many people visited the palace in the 2014.2015 fiscal year?
Formerly, men not wearing military uniform wore knee breeches of an 18th-century design. Women's evening dress included obligatory trains and tiaras or feathers in their hair (or both). The dress code governing formal court uniform and dress has progressively relaxed. After World War I, when Queen Mary wished to follow fashion by raising her skirts a few inches from the ground, she requested a lady-in-waiting to shorten her own skirt first to gauge the king's reaction. King George V was horrified, so the queen kept her hemline unfashionably low. Following their accession in 1936, King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth, allowed the hemline of daytime skirts to rise. Today, there is no official dress code. Most men invited to Buckingham Palace in the daytime choose to wear service uniform or lounge suits; a minority wear morning coats, and in the evening, depending on the formality of the occasion, black tie or white tie.

Question: The knee breeches men formerly wore to the palace were of what era's design? Question: From what century were men's knee breeches worn at Buckingham designed in? Question: What were women obliged to wear in their hair? Question: Which Queen tried and failed to raise the hemline of her dress after WWI? Question: Which queen wanted to shorten her skirt's hemline? Question: Which King was horrified to see the Queen's hemline raised a few inches? Question: Which King was horrified to see the raised hemline on the Queen? Question: The hemline of daytime skirts were allowed to rise after which year? Question: What is the official dress code today at Buckingham Palace? Question: What is the dress code today at Buckingham?
Court presentations of aristocratic young ladies to the monarch took place at the palace from the reign of Edward VII. These young women were known as débutantes, and the occasion—termed their "coming out"—represented their first entrée into society. Débutantes wore full court dress, with three tall ostrich feathers in their hair. They entered, curtsied, and performed a choreographed backwards walk and a further curtsy, while manoeuvring a dress train of prescribed length. (The ceremony, known as an evening court, corresponded to the "court drawing rooms" of Victoria's reign.) After World War II, the ceremony was replaced by less formal afternoon receptions, usually without choreographed curtsies and court dress.

Question: Under whose reign did court presentations of young aristocratic ladies take place? Question: Under whose reign were young debutantes presented to society at Court? Question: What was the occasion where debutantes were presented to society called? Question: What was the name for the ceremony where debutantes had their first introduction into society? Question: Debutantes wore the feather of which bird in their hair? Question: What types of feathers did debutantes wear in their hair? Question: After WWII "coming out" ceremonies were replaces with what event? Question: After WWII what was the coming out ceremony replaced with?
Investitures, which include the conferring of knighthoods by dubbing with a sword, and other awards take place in the palace's Ballroom, built in 1854. At 36.6 m (120 ft) long, 18 m (59 ft) wide and 13.5 m (44 ft) high, it is the largest room in the palace. It has replaced the throne room in importance and use. During investitures, the Queen stands on the throne dais beneath a giant, domed velvet canopy, known as a shamiana or a baldachin, that was used at the Delhi Durbar in 1911. A military band plays in the musicians' gallery as award recipients approach the Queen and receive their honours, watched by their families and friends.

Question: Knighthood is given by being dubbed with what object? Question: Where do Investitures take place? Question: What is the largest room in the palace? Question: What is the largest room in the palace? Question: What year was The Ballroom built? Question: Which room has The Ballroom replaced in terms of both use and importance? Question: The Ballroom replaced which other room in terms of importance and use? Question: What does the Queen stand on during Investitures?
State banquets also take place in the Ballroom; these formal dinners are held on the first evening of a state visit by a foreign head of state. On these occasions, for up to 170 guests in formal "white tie and decorations", including tiaras, the dining table is laid with the Grand Service, a collection of silver-gilt plate made in 1811 for the Prince of Wales, later George IV. The largest and most formal reception at Buckingham Palace takes place every November when the Queen entertains members of the diplomatic corps. On this grand occasion, all the state rooms are in use, as the royal family proceed through them, beginning at the great north doors of the Picture Gallery. As Nash had envisaged, all the large, double-mirrored doors stand open, reflecting the numerous crystal chandeliers and sconces, creating a deliberate optical illusion of space and light.

Question: Where do state banquets take place? Question: Where do State Banquets take place? Question: When are state banquets held? Question: What is used to set the dining table for formal dinners? Question: What is the dining table laid with for state banquets? Question: When was the Grand Service made? Question: For whom was the Grand Service made? Question: Who was the Grand Service originally made for? Question: In what month does the Queen entertain the diplomatic corps?