The Queen's Palaces

8.8
20111h

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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.

Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 2011

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1. Buckingham Palace

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

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2. Windsor Castle

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

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3. Palace of Holyroodhouse

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

Cast

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Fiona Bruce

Self - Presenter

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