Buckingham Palace tour

Being in London in September means that we had the opportunity to tour the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace! We made this a mommy-daughter outing.Noelle at Hyde Park Corner afterwards. She wanted to continue on, but since the Tube was down for the weekend and we had to use the replacement bus service, we turned toward home.

Wellington Arch is basically at the Corner, not far from the Palace. 

Noelle took this picture! She says the building is much prettier on the inside than the outside, and that they should paint it to be more colourful.

In front of the Victoria Memorial, waiting for our 1:30 tour time. Did you know that a Starbucks gift card from the US works in London? I determined that it does--oh happy day!

Noelle likes finding things with the EIIR insignia, like this fence post, mail boxes, etc. (Elizabeth II, Regina)

We think they don't want you going in here.

Unfortunately, no photos allowed inside. If they had been, I would have taken these:

• Noelle wearing the headphone audioguide and staring wide-eyed at the gilded ceilings and chandeliers.
• Fancy furniture and plaster work clearly meant to impress.
• The special exhibit of the coronation from 60 years ago, including the beautiful fancy beaded dress and huge purple fur robe--sweet! The diamond diadem impressed us too, and the video they played showing the actual coronation taught me a lot.