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Buckingham Palace
Originally known as BuckinghamHouse, Buckingham Palace is the
London residence of the Queen of the United Kingdom. The building
at the core of today’s palace was a large townhouse built for the
Duke of Buckingham in 1703. Located in the City of Westminster,
the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal events.
The balcony of Buckingham Palace is one of the most famous in
the world. The first recorded Royal balcony appearance took place
in 1851, when Queen Victoria stepped onto it during celebrations
for the opening of the Great Exhibition.
Since then, Royal Balcony appearances have marked many
occasions from The Queen’s annual official birthday, celebrations
to watch the RAF Flypast at the end of Trooping the Colour, Royal
Weddings, as well as special events of national significance such
as the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
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Big Ben’s chime is in the key of E
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Before the statue of Nelson was
placed on top of the 17-foot-tall
column inTrafalgar Square in 1842, 14
stone masons had dinner at the top
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Hitler wanted to dismantle Nelson’s
column and rebuild it in Berlin
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Voltaire, EdgarAllenPoe, HoChiMinh,
Mahatma Gandhi, Vincent Van Gogh,
Sigmund Freud, and Hitler’s older
half-brother all lived in London at
some point in their lives.
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The reading room at the British
Museum is where Karl Marx wrote
Das Kapital in between bouts of get-
ting very drunk and asking Friedrich
Engels to lend himmore money.
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Some of the many things London-
ers have left on the Tube include a
samurai sword, a stuffed puffer fish,
a human skull and a coffin.
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London buses were not always red.
Before 1907, different routes had
different-coloured buses.
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Harrods sold cocaine until 1916.
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Arsenal are the only football team in
London tohaveaTubestationnamed
after them.
Fun Facts
The London Eye, also
known as the Millennium
Wheel, is a giant ferris
wheel that is located on
the South Bank of the
River Thames
The balcony of Buckingham Palace is
one of the most famous in the world. The
first recorded Royal balcony appearance
took place in 1851, when Queen Victoria
stepped onto it during celebrations for
the opening of the Great Exhibition