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Buckingham Palace is located across from the street Pall Mall and white marble with gold monument to Queen Victoria . When the Queen is in the palace roof develops royal flag . Her ancestor, King George IV, insisted that the palace was built by the architect John Nash . The cost of construction reached 700,000 pounds through the use of such excesses as 500 blocks of marble veined Carrara . 3 years later , in 1837 . , When Queen Victoria came to the throne , the palace was almost impossible to live . Most of the windows did not open in 1000 . By 1853, was built ballroom. King Edward VII was born in this palace in 1841 . and here he died in 1910 . Despite the extravagance apartments of the palace , which houses many heirlooms , not all who lived in it were happy. In his memoirs, the Duke of Windsor wrote that huge palace " with its large rooms and endless corridors seemed filled with the smell of mold, which I still feel every time when I go to him." Private apartments of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are currently in the north wing of the building and overlook the Green Park (Green Park). Summer palace is visited by about 30,000 guests who participate in receptions in the royal garden , where there is a lake and waterfalls. Picture of the natural world complement bird flamingo, which do not violate the peace even royal helicopters circling above the garden . Buckingham Palace - the study of the monarchy. Tasks attendants varied from content palace banquet facilities for up to other heads of state and ambassadors ceremony . It is the place many royal ceremonies , for example. State Opening of Parliament in the fall or ceremony " Truping de Color" in honor of the Queen's birthday in June. In the Royal Gallery, built on the site of the chapel , which was destroyed during the war, exhibitions from the Royal Collection . Royal stables with horses , caparisoned with a magnificent state coach , painted by Italian artist Cipriani and more modern motor vehicles and crews are also open to the public.
     Buckingham Palace - one of the most recognizable buildings in England. From the palace and park easily get to other famous sights. More you can find them in the " Sights of London ."