Buckingham Palace is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality

BUCKINGHAM PALACE FROM HELICOPTER

**The palace has 775 rooms, and the garden is the largest private garden in London. There are 775 rooms, including 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, 78 bathrooms, 52 principal bedrooms, and 19 state rooms**

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 front of the palace measures 108 metres across, by 120m deep, by 24 m high and contains over 77,000 m2 of floorspace
The floor area is smaller than the Royal Palace of Madrid, the Papal Palace and Quirinal Palace in Rome, the Louvre in Paris, the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, and the Forbidden City
It also has a post office, cinema, swimming pool, doctor’s surgery and jeweller’s workshop.

Buckingham Palace is a symbol and home of the British monarchy, an art gallery, and a tourist attraction and 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 their offices, as well as those of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, the Princess Royal and Princess Alexandra, and is the workplace of more than 800 people