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The Queen's Palaces

  • 2011
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~1h / ep
  • 1 season
  • 8.8/10

Fiona Bruce fronts this eye-opening new three-part series on the stories behind Britain's official royal residences: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Latest: Season 1 · 2011

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  1. E1. Buckingham Palace

    Sep 12, 2011 · 60m

    Buckingham Palace, the British monarch's present principal official residence, in London, was originally built as a hunting lodge by Tudor King Henry VIII.

  2. E2. Windsor Castle

    Sep 19, 2011 · 60m

    Windsor Castle was built not as a palace but retains the massive walls of a major military fortification, erected while Anglo-Norman England absorbed its Celtic neighbors

  3. E3. Palace of Holyroodhouse

    Sep 26, 2011 · 60m

    The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is the British monarch's barely known official residence in Scotland.