Buckhingam Palace
One person did die during the wartime bombing: PC Steve Robertson, a
policeman on duty at the Palace, was killed on 8 March 1941 when the north side of the Palace was wrecked.
· Buckingham Palace has its own chapel, post office, swimming pool, staff cafeteria, doctor's surgery and cinema.
· There are more than 350 clocks and watches in Buckingham Palace, one of the largest collections of working clocks
anywhere. Two fulltime homological conservators wind them up every week and keep them in good working order.
· Buckingham Palace is not only The Queen's London home: The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duke of York, The Earl and
Countess of Wessex, The Princess Royal and Princess Alexandra also have private offices and apartments located
within the Palace.
· More than 50,000 people visit the Palace each year as The Queen's guests at banquets, lunches, dinners, receptions and
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