Where Is Buckingham Palace

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Buckingham Palace is in London, England. Buckingham palace was built
around 1705. It is famous because Queen Elizabeth of England lives there. She
became queen in 1952.

Buckingham palace is a big and beautiful building. A flag flies at the palace.
It flies on top of the palace when the queen is there. Queen Elizabeth and her
family live on the second floor of the palace. The queen also has her office at
the palace. Presidents, kings, and politicians meet with her. Queen Elizabeth
often asks important people to eat dinner at the palace. She also has three garden
parties in the summer. She invites 9,000 people to each party! A lot of people
meet the queen.

Buckingham Palace is like a small town. It has a police station, a hospital,
two post offices, a movie theater, a swimming pool, two sports clubs, a garden,
and a lake. The palace has about 600 rooms. About 400 people work there.
Two people have very unusual jobs. They take care of the clocks. There are
300 clocks in Buckingham Palace!
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Queen Elizabeth’s day starts at 7:00 in the morning. Seven people take
care of her. One person prepares her bath, and another person prepares her
clothes. Another person takes care of her dogs. The queen loves dogs. Right
now, she has eight dogs. Every day, a man brings food for the dogs to Queen
Elizabeth’s room. The queen puts the food in the bowls with a silver spoon.
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At 8:30 every morning, the queen has breakfast with her husband, Prince
Philip. They drink a special coffee with hot milk. During breakfast, a musician
plays Scottish music outside. Then Queen Elizabeth works in her office the rest
of the morning. After lunch, she visits hospitals, schools, or new buildings.

It is very interesting to eat dinner at Buckingham Palace. You have to
follow rules. Queen Elizabeth starts to eat first, and then everybody leave the
table during dinner. The queen never accepts a telephone call during dinner,
even in an emergency.

People visit the rooms in Buckingham Palace in August and September.
There are wonderful things to see, like paintings and statues. Don’t forget that
Queen Elizabeth is one of the richest people in the world.=======