The Queen's Palaces
★ 8.8 · 2011 · 60m · Documentary
Fiona Bruce fronts this eye-opening new three-part series on the stories behind Britain's official royal residences: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Episodes
1. Buckingham Palace60m · Buckingham Palace, the British monarch's present principal official residence, in London, was originally built as a hunting lodge by Tudor King Henry VIII.
2. Windsor Castle60m · 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
3. Palace of Holyroodhouse60m · The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is the British monarch's barely known official residence in Scotland.More Like This
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