英国白金汉宫介绍

英国白金汉宫介绍

白金汉宫

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace has served as the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns since 1837 and today is the administrative headquarters of the Monarch.

Although in use for the many official events and receptions held by The Queen, the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace are open to visitors every year.

Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. In measurements, the building is 108 metres long across the front, 120 metres deep (including the central quadrangle) and 24 metres high.

The Palace is very much a working building and the centrepiece of Britain's constitutional monarchy. It houses the offices of those who support the day-to-day activities and duties of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh and their immediate family.

The Palace is also the venue for great Royal ceremonies, State Visits and Investitures, all of which are organised by the Royal Household.

Although Buckingham Palace is furnished and decorated with priceless works of art that form part of the Royal Collection, one of the major art collections in the world today. It is not an art gallery and nor is it a museum.

Its State Rooms form the nucleus of the working Palace and are used regularly by The

Queen and members of the Royal Family for official and State entertaining.

More than 50,000 people visit the Palace each year as guests to banquets, lunches, dinners, receptions and the Royal Garden Parties.

For those who do receive an invitation to Buckingham Palace, the first step across the

threshold is into the Grand Hall and up the curving marble stairs of the Grand Staircase. Portraits are still set in the walls, as they were by Queen Victoria.

The Throne Room, sometimes used during Queen Victoria's reign for Court gatherings and as a second dancing room, is dominated by a proscenium arch supported by a pair of winged figures of 'victory' holding garlands above the 'chairs of state'.

It is in the Throne Room that The Queen, on very special occasions like Jubilees（欢庆）, receives loyal addresses. Another use of the Throne Room has been for formal wedding photographs.

白金汉宫(Buckingham Palace）英国的王宫。建造在威斯敏斯特城内，位于伦敦詹姆士公园（St. James’ Park）的西边，1703年为白金汉公爵所建而得名，最早称白金汉屋，意思是“他人的家”。

这座府邸同英国王室发生关系是60年之后。1761年英国王室以21000英镑将其买下。后来“疯狂国王”乔治三世想要一所私人住宅，离那座令人悲伤的圣詹姆士宫稍远点儿。再到后来，他的儿子即后来的乔治四世，英国历史上最大手大脚，最放荡的君主把白金汉公爵的一处乡间寓所改建成一座真正的宫殿，由他最喜欢的建筑师约翰·纳什负责将其修建得金碧辉煌，共花费432000英镑，是楼房收购价的20倍。纳什新建的宫殿基本上就是今天我们所见白金汉宫背后的那一面，即朝向花园的那一面。直到1845年，在维多利亚女王统治下，王室寓所才建成了今天的模样：其北翼和南翼的两侧宫殿得以延伸，且被第四翼、即东侧的宫殿封闭，成了一座四方的宫殿。这个东侧的外立面上有一座宽阔的阳台，王室成员的传统性亮相就在这里。最后的一次改建算是最小的花费：15万英镑。在购得此处后的150年中，王宫又经几次修建。英国君主终于拥有了这处至高无上的宫殿。

伊丽莎白二世，无疑是在此生活最久的女王。从其父王即位的1936年到她结婚的1947年，她一直同妹妹玛嘉烈公主住在方形楼的三层，即正门的右边。5年后，她又以女王的身份回到这里，和她的丈夫及他们的4个儿女住在北翼的二层楼上，那是她父母从前住过的私人套房。

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