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PRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION
VISITING THE PALACES
~ A record 3 285 000 people visited the official residences of of Her Majesty The Queen in 2019–20 ~ The Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace welcomed 572 453 visitors
~ Windsor Castle welcomed 1 586 994 visitors
~ The Palace of Holyroodhouse welcomed 495 724 visitors
the best annual attendance
Buckingham Palace To mark the the 200th anniversary of of the the birth of of Queen Victoria a a visit to to the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace included a a a a a special exhibition curated by the historian Dr Amanda Foreman and and Lucy Peter Queen Victoria’s Palace told the story of how the the young monarch brought the the Palace to life transforming an an empty royal residence into the most glittering court in in Europe The subject was also explored in a a a a study day with Lucy Peter and the writer and historian Helen Rappaport in September An ITV documentary Victoria’s Palace which followed the the story of the the exhibition was broadcast in May O O O P P P P P P P P O O O S S S I T E For the the the the special exhibition Queen Victoria’s Palace Palace at at the the the the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace Palace the the the the the table in in in in in in the the the the the State Dining Room was dressed with the the the ‘Victoria’ pattern Minton dessert dessert service and replica desserts based on on designs by Charles Elme Francatelli Queen Victoria’s Chief Cook B B B B E L O W A young visitor in in in the the the Ball Ball Supper Room at Buckingham Palace in in in front of of of Queen Victoria’s costume for the the the Stuart Ball Ball of of of 1851 part of of of the the the special exhibition Queen Queen Victoria’s Victoria’s Palace PRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION
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