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<\/a><\/p>\n1<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Kensington Palace<\/h4>\nPrincess Alexandrina Victoria was born, christened and raised at this 330-year-old palace that\u2019s become a popular home for young royals including its current residents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. In 1689, William III and Mary II chose what was then a small villa known as Nottingham House to be their country getaway; since then, it\u2019s been transformed into an elegant home fit for a king, or at least a future one. This year, two new exhibits at the palace explore Queen Victoria\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n2<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Buckingham Palace<\/h4>\nBuckingham Palace, or at least a smaller, humbler iteration of it, dates back to the early 17th century. Beginning in the 1820s, it was expanded and transformed into the vast palace we know today. Queen Victoria was the first sovereign to live at Buckingham Palace (that\u2019s her gilt statue on the Mall in front of its gates). Today, it\u2019s the official London residence and administrative headquarters of the Queen. Visitors can visit the magnificent rooms every August and September, and watch the changing of the guard year-round.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n3<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Westminster Abbey<\/h4>\nCoronations, weddings, funerals: For nearly 1,000 years, almost every important political and religious royal event has been connected to this ancient church, including Queen Victoria\u2019s coronation. The abbey is a World Heritage Site that still offers daily religious services. It\u2019s also one of the most visited attractions in London, so prepare to face some crowds. In addition to the pointed arches, rose windows and flying buttresses of its Gothic architecture, visitors can see the tombs of great Britons, including Elizabeth I, and spectacular city views from the new museum high above the abbey floor.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n4<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0St. James\u2019s Palace and Park<\/h4>\nIn 1840, Queen Victoria married Prince Albert at the Chapel Royal of St. James\u2019s Palace in a romantic masterstroke of public relations. Although the Hans Holbein-decorated chapel isn\u2019t open to visitors, it does offer public Sunday services in winter. However, visitors can explore the beautiful St. James\u2019s Park surrounding it any time. It\u2019s a greenspace that extends all the way to Whitehall and features an avenue of shady trees, as well as parkland with a serene lake and resident pelicans and herons.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/h3>\n5<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Albert Memorial<\/h4>\nThere is perhaps no greater example of high Victoriana than this ornately gothic monument to Queen Victoria\u2019s consort, Prince Albert, who died of typhoid in 1861. The memorial, designed by George Gilbert Scott, was unveiled in 1872. It celebrates Prince Albert\u2019s passions, with marble figures representing manufacture, commerce, agriculture and engineering, and a frieze of 187 carved figures including painters, poets, sculptors, musicians and architects. Located on Albert Memorial Road and opposite the Royal Albert Hall, it sits in Kensington Gardens, which is also home to the contemporary Serpentine Galleries and the Diana Playground.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n6<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Balmoral Castle<\/h4>\nQueen Victoria purchased this Aberdeenshire castle in 1852 as a country retreat, and it has been the Scottish home of the British Royal Family ever since. (Victoria also liked to picnic at a nearby beauty spot called the Linn O\u2019Dee.) The current Queen is said to be happiest when she is visiting this wildly beautiful property near the Cairngorms. The family usually spends summer on the estate, but guests can visit when they are not in residence. The grounds, gardens and Castle Ballroom are open to the public from April to July each year.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n7<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Windsor Castle<\/h4>\nThe Queen\u2019s weekend retreat in Berkshire is one of the most historic buildings in the UK. Founded by William the Conqueror in the 11th century, it\u2019s since been home to 39 monarchs, making it the longest-occupied palace in Europe. The state apartments are much as Queen Victoria would have known them; she also established the Albert Memorial Chapel in what was the original home of the Knights of the Garter. The castle is open to visitors year-round, and its grounds are also home to the Frogmore Royal Mausoleum, where both Victoria and Albert are buried.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n8<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Osborne House<\/h4>\nThere is perhaps no place more closely associated with Queen Victoria than her rural getaway, Osborne House. The ornately Italianate residence \u2013 designed under Prince Albert\u2019s instruction raising more than a few eyebrows as it was being built in the 1840s \u2013 is a seaside palace on the Isle of Wight. Victoria died here in 1901, and the palace has since been given to the state. It is open year-round for tours (which are said to be wonderfully entertaining), and guests can explore the nursery, private rooms, Victoria\u2019s private beach and the museum established in her memory.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n2<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Buckingham Palace<\/h4>\nBuckingham Palace, or at least a smaller, humbler iteration of it, dates back to the early 17th century. Beginning in the 1820s, it was expanded and transformed into the vast palace we know today. Queen Victoria was the first sovereign to live at Buckingham Palace (that\u2019s her gilt statue on the Mall in front of its gates). Today, it\u2019s the official London residence and administrative headquarters of the Queen. Visitors can visit the magnificent rooms every August and September, and watch the changing of the guard year-round.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n3<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Westminster Abbey<\/h4>\nCoronations, weddings, funerals: For nearly 1,000 years, almost every important political and religious royal event has been connected to this ancient church, including Queen Victoria\u2019s coronation. The abbey is a World Heritage Site that still offers daily religious services. It\u2019s also one of the most visited attractions in London, so prepare to face some crowds. In addition to the pointed arches, rose windows and flying buttresses of its Gothic architecture, visitors can see the tombs of great Britons, including Elizabeth I, and spectacular city views from the new museum high above the abbey floor.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n4<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0St. James\u2019s Palace and Park<\/h4>\nIn 1840, Queen Victoria married Prince Albert at the Chapel Royal of St. James\u2019s Palace in a romantic masterstroke of public relations. Although the Hans Holbein-decorated chapel isn\u2019t open to visitors, it does offer public Sunday services in winter. However, visitors can explore the beautiful St. James\u2019s Park surrounding it any time. It\u2019s a greenspace that extends all the way to Whitehall and features an avenue of shady trees, as well as parkland with a serene lake and resident pelicans and herons.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/h3>\n5<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Albert Memorial<\/h4>\nThere is perhaps no greater example of high Victoriana than this ornately gothic monument to Queen Victoria\u2019s consort, Prince Albert, who died of typhoid in 1861. The memorial, designed by George Gilbert Scott, was unveiled in 1872. It celebrates Prince Albert\u2019s passions, with marble figures representing manufacture, commerce, agriculture and engineering, and a frieze of 187 carved figures including painters, poets, sculptors, musicians and architects. Located on Albert Memorial Road and opposite the Royal Albert Hall, it sits in Kensington Gardens, which is also home to the contemporary Serpentine Galleries and the Diana Playground.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n6<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Balmoral Castle<\/h4>\nQueen Victoria purchased this Aberdeenshire castle in 1852 as a country retreat, and it has been the Scottish home of the British Royal Family ever since. (Victoria also liked to picnic at a nearby beauty spot called the Linn O\u2019Dee.) The current Queen is said to be happiest when she is visiting this wildly beautiful property near the Cairngorms. The family usually spends summer on the estate, but guests can visit when they are not in residence. The grounds, gardens and Castle Ballroom are open to the public from April to July each year.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n7<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Windsor Castle<\/h4>\nThe Queen\u2019s weekend retreat in Berkshire is one of the most historic buildings in the UK. Founded by William the Conqueror in the 11th century, it\u2019s since been home to 39 monarchs, making it the longest-occupied palace in Europe. The state apartments are much as Queen Victoria would have known them; she also established the Albert Memorial Chapel in what was the original home of the Knights of the Garter. The castle is open to visitors year-round, and its grounds are also home to the Frogmore Royal Mausoleum, where both Victoria and Albert are buried.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n8<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Osborne House<\/h4>\nThere is perhaps no place more closely associated with Queen Victoria than her rural getaway, Osborne House. The ornately Italianate residence \u2013 designed under Prince Albert\u2019s instruction raising more than a few eyebrows as it was being built in the 1840s \u2013 is a seaside palace on the Isle of Wight. Victoria died here in 1901, and the palace has since been given to the state. It is open year-round for tours (which are said to be wonderfully entertaining), and guests can explore the nursery, private rooms, Victoria\u2019s private beach and the museum established in her memory.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n3<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Westminster Abbey<\/h4>\nCoronations, weddings, funerals: For nearly 1,000 years, almost every important political and religious royal event has been connected to this ancient church, including Queen Victoria\u2019s coronation. The abbey is a World Heritage Site that still offers daily religious services. It\u2019s also one of the most visited attractions in London, so prepare to face some crowds. In addition to the pointed arches, rose windows and flying buttresses of its Gothic architecture, visitors can see the tombs of great Britons, including Elizabeth I, and spectacular city views from the new museum high above the abbey floor.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n4<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0St. James\u2019s Palace and Park<\/h4>\nIn 1840, Queen Victoria married Prince Albert at the Chapel Royal of St. James\u2019s Palace in a romantic masterstroke of public relations. Although the Hans Holbein-decorated chapel isn\u2019t open to visitors, it does offer public Sunday services in winter. However, visitors can explore the beautiful St. James\u2019s Park surrounding it any time. It\u2019s a greenspace that extends all the way to Whitehall and features an avenue of shady trees, as well as parkland with a serene lake and resident pelicans and herons.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/h3>\n5<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Albert Memorial<\/h4>\nThere is perhaps no greater example of high Victoriana than this ornately gothic monument to Queen Victoria\u2019s consort, Prince Albert, who died of typhoid in 1861. The memorial, designed by George Gilbert Scott, was unveiled in 1872. It celebrates Prince Albert\u2019s passions, with marble figures representing manufacture, commerce, agriculture and engineering, and a frieze of 187 carved figures including painters, poets, sculptors, musicians and architects. Located on Albert Memorial Road and opposite the Royal Albert Hall, it sits in Kensington Gardens, which is also home to the contemporary Serpentine Galleries and the Diana Playground.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n6<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Balmoral Castle<\/h4>\nQueen Victoria purchased this Aberdeenshire castle in 1852 as a country retreat, and it has been the Scottish home of the British Royal Family ever since. (Victoria also liked to picnic at a nearby beauty spot called the Linn O\u2019Dee.) The current Queen is said to be happiest when she is visiting this wildly beautiful property near the Cairngorms. The family usually spends summer on the estate, but guests can visit when they are not in residence. The grounds, gardens and Castle Ballroom are open to the public from April to July each year.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n7<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Windsor Castle<\/h4>\nThe Queen\u2019s weekend retreat in Berkshire is one of the most historic buildings in the UK. Founded by William the Conqueror in the 11th century, it\u2019s since been home to 39 monarchs, making it the longest-occupied palace in Europe. The state apartments are much as Queen Victoria would have known them; she also established the Albert Memorial Chapel in what was the original home of the Knights of the Garter. The castle is open to visitors year-round, and its grounds are also home to the Frogmore Royal Mausoleum, where both Victoria and Albert are buried.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n8<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Osborne House<\/h4>\nThere is perhaps no place more closely associated with Queen Victoria than her rural getaway, Osborne House. The ornately Italianate residence \u2013 designed under Prince Albert\u2019s instruction raising more than a few eyebrows as it was being built in the 1840s \u2013 is a seaside palace on the Isle of Wight. Victoria died here in 1901, and the palace has since been given to the state. It is open year-round for tours (which are said to be wonderfully entertaining), and guests can explore the nursery, private rooms, Victoria\u2019s private beach and the museum established in her memory.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n4<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0St. James\u2019s Palace and Park<\/h4>\nIn 1840, Queen Victoria married Prince Albert at the Chapel Royal of St. James\u2019s Palace in a romantic masterstroke of public relations. Although the Hans Holbein-decorated chapel isn\u2019t open to visitors, it does offer public Sunday services in winter. However, visitors can explore the beautiful St. James\u2019s Park surrounding it any time. It\u2019s a greenspace that extends all the way to Whitehall and features an avenue of shady trees, as well as parkland with a serene lake and resident pelicans and herons.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/h3>\n5<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Albert Memorial<\/h4>\nThere is perhaps no greater example of high Victoriana than this ornately gothic monument to Queen Victoria\u2019s consort, Prince Albert, who died of typhoid in 1861. The memorial, designed by George Gilbert Scott, was unveiled in 1872. It celebrates Prince Albert\u2019s passions, with marble figures representing manufacture, commerce, agriculture and engineering, and a frieze of 187 carved figures including painters, poets, sculptors, musicians and architects. Located on Albert Memorial Road and opposite the Royal Albert Hall, it sits in Kensington Gardens, which is also home to the contemporary Serpentine Galleries and the Diana Playground.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n6<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Balmoral Castle<\/h4>\nQueen Victoria purchased this Aberdeenshire castle in 1852 as a country retreat, and it has been the Scottish home of the British Royal Family ever since. (Victoria also liked to picnic at a nearby beauty spot called the Linn O\u2019Dee.) The current Queen is said to be happiest when she is visiting this wildly beautiful property near the Cairngorms. The family usually spends summer on the estate, but guests can visit when they are not in residence. The grounds, gardens and Castle Ballroom are open to the public from April to July each year.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n7<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Windsor Castle<\/h4>\nThe Queen\u2019s weekend retreat in Berkshire is one of the most historic buildings in the UK. Founded by William the Conqueror in the 11th century, it\u2019s since been home to 39 monarchs, making it the longest-occupied palace in Europe. The state apartments are much as Queen Victoria would have known them; she also established the Albert Memorial Chapel in what was the original home of the Knights of the Garter. The castle is open to visitors year-round, and its grounds are also home to the Frogmore Royal Mausoleum, where both Victoria and Albert are buried.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n8<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Osborne House<\/h4>\nThere is perhaps no place more closely associated with Queen Victoria than her rural getaway, Osborne House. The ornately Italianate residence \u2013 designed under Prince Albert\u2019s instruction raising more than a few eyebrows as it was being built in the 1840s \u2013 is a seaside palace on the Isle of Wight. Victoria died here in 1901, and the palace has since been given to the state. It is open year-round for tours (which are said to be wonderfully entertaining), and guests can explore the nursery, private rooms, Victoria\u2019s private beach and the museum established in her memory.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/h3>\n5<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Albert Memorial<\/h4>\nThere is perhaps no greater example of high Victoriana than this ornately gothic monument to Queen Victoria\u2019s consort, Prince Albert, who died of typhoid in 1861. The memorial, designed by George Gilbert Scott, was unveiled in 1872. It celebrates Prince Albert\u2019s passions, with marble figures representing manufacture, commerce, agriculture and engineering, and a frieze of 187 carved figures including painters, poets, sculptors, musicians and architects. Located on Albert Memorial Road and opposite the Royal Albert Hall, it sits in Kensington Gardens, which is also home to the contemporary Serpentine Galleries and the Diana Playground.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n6<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Balmoral Castle<\/h4>\nQueen Victoria purchased this Aberdeenshire castle in 1852 as a country retreat, and it has been the Scottish home of the British Royal Family ever since. (Victoria also liked to picnic at a nearby beauty spot called the Linn O\u2019Dee.) The current Queen is said to be happiest when she is visiting this wildly beautiful property near the Cairngorms. The family usually spends summer on the estate, but guests can visit when they are not in residence. The grounds, gardens and Castle Ballroom are open to the public from April to July each year.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n7<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Windsor Castle<\/h4>\nThe Queen\u2019s weekend retreat in Berkshire is one of the most historic buildings in the UK. Founded by William the Conqueror in the 11th century, it\u2019s since been home to 39 monarchs, making it the longest-occupied palace in Europe. The state apartments are much as Queen Victoria would have known them; she also established the Albert Memorial Chapel in what was the original home of the Knights of the Garter. The castle is open to visitors year-round, and its grounds are also home to the Frogmore Royal Mausoleum, where both Victoria and Albert are buried.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n8<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Osborne House<\/h4>\nThere is perhaps no place more closely associated with Queen Victoria than her rural getaway, Osborne House. The ornately Italianate residence \u2013 designed under Prince Albert\u2019s instruction raising more than a few eyebrows as it was being built in the 1840s \u2013 is a seaside palace on the Isle of Wight. Victoria died here in 1901, and the palace has since been given to the state. It is open year-round for tours (which are said to be wonderfully entertaining), and guests can explore the nursery, private rooms, Victoria\u2019s private beach and the museum established in her memory.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n6<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Balmoral Castle<\/h4>\nQueen Victoria purchased this Aberdeenshire castle in 1852 as a country retreat, and it has been the Scottish home of the British Royal Family ever since. (Victoria also liked to picnic at a nearby beauty spot called the Linn O\u2019Dee.) The current Queen is said to be happiest when she is visiting this wildly beautiful property near the Cairngorms. The family usually spends summer on the estate, but guests can visit when they are not in residence. The grounds, gardens and Castle Ballroom are open to the public from April to July each year.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n7<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Windsor Castle<\/h4>\nThe Queen\u2019s weekend retreat in Berkshire is one of the most historic buildings in the UK. Founded by William the Conqueror in the 11th century, it\u2019s since been home to 39 monarchs, making it the longest-occupied palace in Europe. The state apartments are much as Queen Victoria would have known them; she also established the Albert Memorial Chapel in what was the original home of the Knights of the Garter. The castle is open to visitors year-round, and its grounds are also home to the Frogmore Royal Mausoleum, where both Victoria and Albert are buried.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n8<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Osborne House<\/h4>\nThere is perhaps no place more closely associated with Queen Victoria than her rural getaway, Osborne House. The ornately Italianate residence \u2013 designed under Prince Albert\u2019s instruction raising more than a few eyebrows as it was being built in the 1840s \u2013 is a seaside palace on the Isle of Wight. Victoria died here in 1901, and the palace has since been given to the state. It is open year-round for tours (which are said to be wonderfully entertaining), and guests can explore the nursery, private rooms, Victoria\u2019s private beach and the museum established in her memory.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n7<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Windsor Castle<\/h4>\nThe Queen\u2019s weekend retreat in Berkshire is one of the most historic buildings in the UK. Founded by William the Conqueror in the 11th century, it\u2019s since been home to 39 monarchs, making it the longest-occupied palace in Europe. The state apartments are much as Queen Victoria would have known them; she also established the Albert Memorial Chapel in what was the original home of the Knights of the Garter. The castle is open to visitors year-round, and its grounds are also home to the Frogmore Royal Mausoleum, where both Victoria and Albert are buried.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n8<\/span>\u00a0 | \u00a0Osborne House<\/h4>\nThere is perhaps no place more closely associated with Queen Victoria than her rural getaway, Osborne House. The ornately Italianate residence \u2013 designed under Prince Albert\u2019s instruction raising more than a few eyebrows as it was being built in the 1840s \u2013 is a seaside palace on the Isle of Wight. Victoria died here in 1901, and the palace has since been given to the state. It is open year-round for tours (which are said to be wonderfully entertaining), and guests can explore the nursery, private rooms, Victoria\u2019s private beach and the museum established in her memory.<\/p>\n
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