Visitors are being welcomed to Buckingham Palace's East Wing for the first time, but you may need to wait a while, and it won't be cheap.
London — The room that opens onto Buckingham Palace 's famous balcony, from which the royal family can be seen waving to the public below during major events, is opening to the public for tours for the first time this summer after a renovation.Tour tickets, however, are no longer available. A limited number of 'East Wing Highlights' summer tours that were offered this year sold out in one day.
'The Royal Collection noted that Prince Albert suggested the balcony be placed on the front of the palace as a way for the royals to be 'visible and connect with the public.'People who join the tour will also walk past famous paintings as they make their way through the Principal Corridor, which leads to the Centre Room, and will see the recently restored 18th century Chinese hand-painted wallpaper in the Yellow Drawing Room.
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