The Queen's Palaces - Season 1

The Queen's Palaces

Season 1

2011 • 3 Episodes

Episodes

Buckingham Palace - The Queen's Palaces

1. Buckingham Palace

September 12, 2011

Buckingham Palace, the British monarch's present principal official residence, in London, was originally built as a hunting lodge by Tudor King Henry VIII.

Windsor Castle - The Queen's Palaces

2. Windsor Castle

September 19, 2011

Windsor Castle was built not as a palace but retains the massive walls of a major military fortification, erected while Anglo-Norman England absorbed its Celtic neighbors

Palace of Holyroodhouse - The Queen's Palaces

3. Palace of Holyroodhouse

September 26, 2011

The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is the British monarch's barely known official residence in Scotland.