Buckingham Palace serves as the official London residence of His Majesty The King and is one of the few remaining working royal palaces in the world today.
Each summer when the Palace is not being used in its official capacity, visitors can enjoy the magnificent State Rooms that provide the setting for ceremonial occasions and official entertaining by members of the Royal Family.
The rooms are furnished with many of the greatest treasures from the Royal Collection, including paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens and Van Dyck, sculpture by Canova, exquisite examples of Sèvres porcelain, and some of the finest English and French furniture in the world.
Visitors to the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace will see the Throne Room, which was the setting for the official portraits from the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and Queen, the State Dining Room, adorned with royal ciphers and historic paintings, and the Green Drawing Room, the first of the Palace’s State Rooms designed by the architect John Nash for George IV.