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Several years ago, my husband and I were part of a guided tour of the UK. One of our "excursions" was a tour of Windsor Castle. I was very anxious to see the restoration after the fire. Upon our arrival in London, we were informed that our daytime tour of Windsor Castle had been cancelled as the Queen was holding a banquet there that evening.
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Rotten for you, but she hadn't made her mind up on the day to have a banquet. The notice period usually runs to 3 months.
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That is just beautiful! Is it ever used?
ETA: I see it was...I forgot about that!
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That is just beautiful! Is it ever used?
ETA: I see it was...I forgot about that!
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No problem from memory it was used by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011,but I also think it has been used since.
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 This is excellent news! There is nothing like the old Elms for that beautiful vase silhouette. It turns out Edinburgh has done an excellent job of slowing the spread of the disease. There is a bit about this in Wikipedia and elsewhere on the internet.
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beautiful decorations!
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Iluvbertie is correct. The Abbey is in ruins and is located on the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse or more familiarly known as Holyrood Palace. This is the Queen's official residence when she is in Scotland. There is a chapel in the palace. The Abbey served as the site of coronations, royal marriages and funerals before it collapsed into ruins. I imagine once James VI became James I of England and moved to that country there was not much interest in maintaining the Abbey for royal purposes.
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There is no longer a chapel within the palace. There had been a Catholic chapel during the time that the exiled French Royal Family lived there but not any longer. I have seen detailed plans of the palace which tells what every room is and none of them were marked as a chapel.
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I love Holyrood Palace and visit it regularly. My only complaint is that the state apartments really need to be made more stately, particularly the Throne Room. While the wood panelling in the Great Gallery and the Dining Room has been painted to brighten it up, the Throne Room, Morning Drawing Room and Evening Drawing Room still have the dark wood which makes them look dark and dreary. Apparently it was Prince Philip who insisted on the Great Gallery being painted and I wish he had done the same with the Throne Room. It really needs to be painted, perhaps white, and highlighted in gold.The canopy which used to be over the thrones was removed many years ago and moved to St. James' Palace and it should be replaced to give the room a more majestic feeling. Old photographs of the room show that in the past it was a far more majestic room than it is today and without the wood panelling.
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Nice tree decorations at HolyroodHouse. It allow us to see some rooms that we don’t get a chance to see.
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Okay I have changed my Christmas day table theme now after seeing the one above 
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