Visitorsread about buckingham palace, one of the most popular attractions for tourists in london. for questions 1-17 fill in the gaps with one suitable word. buckingham palace, the best (0) known royal palace in the world, is (1) in central london. the palace takes (2) name from the house(3) was built in 1703. sixty years later it was bought by king george iii for his wife, queen charlotte and became known (4) the queen’s house. john nash, the royal architect, (5) it into a palace in the 1820s. victoria was the (6) queen to live there (from 1837). in the palace there(7) queen’s gallery which exhibits (8) from the royal art collection, (9) by leonardo da vinci. the first floor balcony is the scene of formal appearances by the royal family on important ( . below it in the forecourt, the colourful ceremony of changing the guard takes (11) regularly (generally every morning from april to early august). ( majesty the queen is in residence, you can see the union jack above the palace. traditionally closed to the (13) the state rooms of the palace were ( tourists during the summer months in the mid-1990s. the state rooms of the palace are used for (15) heads of state and for holding ceremonies where her majesty and other ( of the royal family give official titles, honours and ( .

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