Buckhingam Palace
Today over 800 members of
staff are based at Buckingham Palace. Their jobs range from housekeeping to gardening.
· . There are 1,514 doors and 760 windows in Buckingham Palace. All windows are cleaned every six weeks to keep
them clean.
· Some rooms at Buckingham Palace have a Chinese theme. That is because they feature furniture and décor which were
originally based in the Prince Regent's orientalstyle Royal Pavilion at Brighton (later sold by Queen Victoria to fund
building work at Buckingham Palace).
· During the Second World War, Buckingham Palace suffered nine direct bomb hits. On several situation King George
VI and Queen Elizabeth were in the 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.
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