Queen Camilla calls Buckingham Palace home - but her link to the iconic London building doesn't stop with her marriage to King Charles, as her family has another impressive connection
Buckingham Palace is one of the most recognisable royal landmarks in world and has served as the national centre for pomp and celebration for over than 180 years. Ever since the reign of Queen Victoria began in 1837, the palace has been the official home of the sovereign and today it is the administrative headquarters for the King and several members of his family.
The original Buckingham Palace structure was first completed in 1703 and has been lived in by everyone from Queen Charlotte to King George VI. Camilla's great-great-great grandfather was the architect Thomas Cubitt who is famous for having designed the East Front and balcony of Buckingham Palace, as well as Osborne House on the Isle of Wight and a number of other areas in Belgravia, Bloomsbury and Pimlico.Through his son, George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe, he is a direct relative of the current Queen and forged her initial link to Buckingham Palace over a century before she would come to call in home.
While he is most well-known for his work on residential squares, he also built and personally funded nearly a kilometre of the Thames Embankment and was commissioned to work on the large Kemp Town development in Brighton.
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