Gulf News | Britain: Buckingham Palace will open its front doors to tourists for the first time next year

Tourists visiting Buckingham Palace next year will be able to enter the palace like members of the royal family I invited them to walk through the front gates and the popular courtyard area for the first time.

Visitors will enter the palace in the same way as guests enter at garden parties and royal receptions The framework of a “Royal Collection Fund” plan to allow tourists access to more palace facilities.

Starting in January, the East Wing will reopen for an additional five months outside the traditional first summer opening period time. !

This decision comes in line with the King’s vision to give tourists a greater opportunity to reach the royal family’s residence in London all year round.

The expanded fund program follows the success of its opening last summer, which received a record number of visitors It gave them access to the east wing, including the famous central balcony, for the first time since its construction 175 years ago.

It will include 90-minute guided tours, from January to May and priced at £90, which will provide an insight More detailed on the history of the rooms in the east wing of the Royal Palace.

Guided tours of the Royal Rooms, excluding the East Wing, will also be offered during the winter months of November Through January, with some tours in late spring and around Easter.

Visitors will wander into the central room, which will provide them with views of the balcony and the Victoria Memorial, and explore a room Yellow painting with ornate Chinese zodiac signs, as well as visit the 240-foot-long main corridor.

According to the Telegraph newspaper, “The‭ ‬Telegraph» Ticket sales for the opening of the traditional summer rooms begin from mid-July until late September, and the East Wing In July and August on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, £1 tickets to visit Windsor Castle and Palace of Holyroodhouse have been announced in 2017 2025. People receiving Universal Credit will be able to get these discounted tickets between January and April An attempt to make royal residencies more inclusive.

Guided tours of St James’s Palace in London will also be available, including a visit to the Royal Chapel Where Prince George and Prince Louis were baptized, on some weekends during the spring of 2025, after it opened In previous experiments several years ago.