Nearly 50 years later, in , the Royal family had had enough of the lawn being destroyed by helicopter landings, so an official helipad was built in the gardens. A concrete helipad was considered far too unsightly, so the Royal helipad is created from a layer of matting underneath grass.
By comparison, the heliport at Battersea opened in , and London's Air Ambulance has been operating from the top of the Royal London in Whitechapel since , putting Her Maj well ahead of the trend in helicopters. Only one monarch was both born in the palace and died there: Edward VII.
The oldest part of the palace is the wine vaults located below the west wing, dating back to Back then, it was known as Buckingham House, and belonged to the family of the Duke of Buckingham, which is where it got its name. In , George III acquired the building for the royal family, although it didn't become an official royal residence until years later. The 'lost' River Tyburn runs right below the Palace, although it's now more of a sewer than a river.
Diamond Geezer reckons it passes "underneath the front courtyard and beneath the south wing", but we don't fancy going down there to confirm it. The Queen's Corgis are allowed unrestricted access to any part of any Royal residence; nowhere is off-limits The famous balcony has hosted various members of the royal clan on all manner of occasions, including as the site of a year-old Prince William getting a telling off from Granny.
The tradition of the Royals appearing on the balcony began with Queen Victoria, who made an appearance there for the opening of the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park in Looks beautiful, doesn't it? But as she stopped to admire the HUGE mirror in the middle of the room, Kate revealed that it actually hides a secret door so The Queen can make a surprise entrance.
She said: "If you pull this open you can see that actually behind this there is a secret passage leading to the Queen's private apartments. BBC journalist Emily Maitlis previously revealed that she saw the cinema being set up in the south drawing room when she visited the palace to interview Prince Andrew in November Writing for The Times , she said: "The floor is being transformed by palace workmen. It looks for a minute as if railway tracks are going down.
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