THE ROYAL COLLECTION GROUP VISITS & PRIVATE TOURS 2012

The Official Residences of The Queen Welcome WHAT’S ON IN Diamond Jubilee Year

I am delighted to introduce you to the Royal 2012 calendar of events Collection’s new programme of group visits and January Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration private tours. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 13 January – 25 March The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012 is being marked by a series of February Accession Day, 6 February exciting exhibitions at each of Her Majesty’s official residences. I hope The Queen: Sixty Photographs for Sixty Years that you will take pleasure in seeing these displays and sharing in the The Drawings Gallery, Windsor Castle celebrations of The Queen’s 60-year reign. 4 February – January 2013 Your booking will make an important contribution to the charitable March Treasures from The Queen’s Palaces work of the Royal Collection Trust. The income from your ticket and The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse from any purchase you make in our shops supports the Trust’s work 16 March – 16 September through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities, Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration enabling the maximum possible enjoyment of the Royal Collection Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 30 March – 10 June in many different ways. April Marcus Adams: Royal Photographer You can learn more about the work of the Royal Collection and Harewood House, 6 April – 17 June the many activities directly supported by your booking by visiting www.royalcollection.org.uk. May Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomy The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace 4 May – 7 October June Central Jubilee Weekend, 2–5 June new Jonathan Marsden Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration royal collection Director of the Royal Collection Ulster Museum, Belfast, 15 June – 27 August website Marcus Adams: Royal Photographer Look out for the new Royal Russell-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth, 29 June – 16 September Collection website, where July Olympic Games, 27 July – 12 August booking a group visit online is now easier than ever: Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration www.royalcollection.org.uk/ Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace groups 30 July – 30 September To keep in touch and up to date with all the latest visits August Paralympic Games, 29 August – 9 September and tours, please subscribe to Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration our new groups e-Newsletter. The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum 31 August – 4 November September Francis Bedford’s Royal Tour of 1862 The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse 28 September – 3 February 2013 November The Northern Renaissance: Dürer to Holbein The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace 2 November – 14 April 2013 Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 10 November – 20 January 2013

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Top left: The Herbaceous Border, Enjoy a leisurely day out at Buckingham Availability The Gold State Coach is the most A complimentary audio tour offers a Opening times Buckingham Palace garden Palace and combine a visit to the dazzling of the coaches and carriages unique insight into the work of the Royal Top right: Wisteria-clad summer house, 30 July – 30 September 1 February – 31 March and Buckingham Palace garden State Rooms with a guided tour of housed at the Mews, and traditionally Mews, one of the finest working stables Open daily 09:45–18:30 1 November – 21 December Below: Highlights Garden Tour, the most remarkable features of the plays an important part in Jubilee in existence and a Royal Household Buckingham Palace garden (last admission 14:15) Open Monday to Saturday famous garden. celebrations. department. Alternatively, you may prefer 10:00–16:00 to join one of the regular guided tours The Highlights Garden Tour includes Combined-ticket price Among the other historic coaches and (last admission 15:15) offered from March to October. the beautiful Herbaceous Border, the carriages on display is the luxurious Adult £24.00 1 April – 31 October wisteria-clad summer house and Rose Australian State Coach, with central Open daily 10:00–17:00 Garden, the enormous Waterloo Vase Over 60/Student £22.80 heating and electric windows, which (last admission 16:15) and the Palace tennis court, where Under 17 £14.00 carried The Queen and The Duke of King George VI and Fred Perry played Edinburgh from Westminster Abbey to Admission price in the 1930s. Minimum number 15/ Buckingham Palace after the Royal maximum number 25 individual Group The 39-acre garden is today the setting for Wedding in 2011. The Irish Coach, used The Queen’s Garden Parties. Described as by The Queen for the State Opening of Adult £8.25 £7.40 ‘a walled oasis in the middle of London’, it Parliament, is also on permanent display. Over 60/ boasts more than 350 types of wild flower, The horses stabled at the Mews are Student £7.50 £6.75 over 200 trees and a three-acre lake. Windsor Greys and Cleveland Bays. Under 17 £5.20 £4.65 Between the audio tour of the State Rooms and the guided tour of the garden, the Price includes an audio tour itinerary allows time for your group to take or guided tour. in the panoramic view of the lawn from the Garden Café and to visit the Garden shop. A visit to the State Rooms lasts ibera approximately two and a half hours, and a guided tour of the garden lasts 45 minutes.

Above: The Gold State Coach Photographer: Pawel L Pawel Photographer: Left: The Glass Coach leaves the Royal Mews for the State Opening of Parliament

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8 www.royalcollection.org.uk Direct booking line 020 7766 7321 Direct booking line 020 7766 7321 www.royalcollection.org.uk 9 Group Visit WINDSOR Windsor Castle CASTLE

Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. Established in the 11th century by William the Conqueror, it has been remodelled by successive kings and queens, including Henry II, Charles II and George IV. Today The Queen spends most of her private weekends at the Castle, which is also used regularly for ceremonial and State occasions. Photographer: Peter Packer Peter Photographer:

Windsor Castle offers an extraordinarily Opening times rich and varied day out, all on one site. March to October It includes the special exhibition to Open daily 09:45–17:15 celebrate Her Majesty’s Diamond (last admission 16:00) Jubilee, The Queen: Sixty Photographs November to February for Sixty Years. Open daily 09:45–16:15 The magnificent State Apartments are (last admission 15:00) lavishly furnished with world-famous works of art, from paintings by Holbein, Admission price Rubens and Van Dyck to a masterpiece in individual Group miniature – Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House. Adult £17.00 £15.30 During the winter months, the sumptuous private apartments created by George IV, Over 60/ the Semi-State Rooms, are added to the Student £15.50 £13.90 visitor route. Under 17 £10.20 £9.20 Your admission to the Castle also includes Price includes an audio tour, St George’s Chapel, one of the finest a Precinct tour and admission examples of Gothic architecture in the to the special exhibition. country. This remarkable building has been the setting for many royal weddings and the burial place of ten monarchs, including Henry VIII and Charles I.

Opposite: The Queen on Garter Day, Windsor Castle, June 2007 Top: The Round Tower Above: Changing the Guard, Windsor Castle

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Opening in February 2012, a special Availability Above left: The Queen watches a flypast This perennially popular group tour Your guided tour begins in the Castle’s Availability of RAF Jaguars during her visit to RAF exhibition in the Castle’s Drawings Coltishall, Norfolk, 17 November 2005 gives an extraordinary insight into the Winchester Tower with refreshments and March to December 2012 Until March 2012 and from Gallery marks the Diamond Jubilee Above right: The Queen and The Duke behind-the-scenes life of the Castle. an introduction to royal dining, past and (excluding July and August) of Edinburgh at a Service of Thanksgiving October to December 2012 of Her Majesty The Queen. present. You hear about the elaborate Tuesday, Wednesday and for Her Majesty’s 80th Birthday at The Great Kitchen is the oldest, Tuesday, Wednesday and St Paul’s Cathedral, 15 June 2006 dinners prepared for Elizabeth I, George IV Taken by leading press photographers Thursday 11:00 substantially unchanged and still working Thursday Below: The Queen and The Duke of and Queen Victoria and about the over the course of The Queen’s reign, Edinburgh at Spondon station prior kitchen in the country and has remained in to their departure after their tour of preparations for State occasions today. The guided part of the visit the 60 photographs selected present a Admission price constant use for nearly 750 years. Here the Staffordshire and Derbyshire, Your group then proceeds via the State lasts approximately one and a colourful portrait of Her Majesty’s 60 28 March 1957 royal chefs prepare food for State Banquets Adult £19.70 Entrance to the Great Kitchen, areas half hours, after which your years on the throne. The selection and for Easter Court, when The Queen is in that are not normally open to the public. group can tour the State Over 60/Student £18.00 encompasses The Queen’s official duties residence at Windsor for a month. Apartments at their leisure. – meeting Presidents and Prime Your visit concludes in the magnificent Under 17 £13.80 Ministers, or touring the Commonwealth State Apartments, which are regularly Tour price – and her personal interests, especially Minimum number 15/ used for entertaining on State and her love of horses, dogs, and her family maximum number 30. ceremonial occasions. £32. Minimum number 15/ life. The images reflect the fascinating Price includes admission booking value £480, maximum relationship between the media and the to the Castle, an exhibition number 30 monarchy that has developed over the talk, tea and coffee. Price includes an introductory past six decades. talk, a private tour of the Great To appreciate this exhibition in more Kitchen, refreshments, an depth, your group can book a talk by audio tour, the official a member of Royal Collection staff. guidebook and admission to the Castle.

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Combine your visit to Frogmore House with The Savill Garden for a summer’s Hidden away in the private Home Park about a mile from day out. Windsor Castle, Frogmore House is set in beautiful gardens The garden is one of the enduring attractions first laid out by Queen Charlotte in the 1790s. While Windsor of Frogmore. Queen Charlotte had a great interest in botany and was given full rein in Castle is the setting for grand ceremonial and State occasions, the garden at Frogmore, which she laid out Frogmore has traditionally been a royal retreat and is used with rare and unusual plants. She formed an extensive botanical library, and flowers today by the Royal Family for private entertaining. became a major theme in the house. The Queen commissioned Mary Moser, a renowned flower painter, to decorate one of Frogmore’s rooms with garlands of flowers. The Savill Garden is one of the finest royal gardens of Windsor Great Park. It was created in the late 1930s by Sir Eric Savill, under the watchful eye and royal patronage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The garden is designed for year-round interest and colour. awson ndrew L ndrew Photographer: A Photographer:

Your guided tour will take you through Opening Times Availability this delightful house, telling the story 31 July – 27 September 31 July – 27 September of past residents. Tuesday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Frogmore is especially linked with Thursday and Saturday Thursday and Saturday Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, and 10:00–17:00 Frogmore House her talented daughters. Their love of art and (last admission 15:00) 10:00–15:00 (timed tickets) botany is reflected throughout the interiors, The Savill Garden 10:00–18:00 particularly in the beautiful Mary Moser Day Tour price Room. The Duchess of Kent lived at Pre-booked coach groups only, Combined–ticket price Frogmore for almost 20 years, and her £9.00 per person Adult/Over 60/ daughter, Queen Victoria, visited the house Student £15.00 regularly during her long widowhood and Private Evening Tour price often worked on her papers there. Under 17 £12.75 Pre-booked coach groups only, The tour ends in the Britannia Room, where, £25.00, 17:00–18:30 Minimum following the decommissioning of the Royal number 15/booking value Yacht in 1997, The Duke of Edinburgh arranged £375, maximum number 36. a selection of items to reflect the interior of the Price includes a guided tour, a much-loved vessel. The rich mahogany table copy of the official guidebook that dominates the centre of the room was and a glass of champagne. made for Britannia in the 1950s. Please note that the Royal For a very special experience at Frogmore, Mausoleum is not open to groups may now enjoy a private evening visitors as part of any tour. tour. A guided tour is followed by a glass of champagne in the Colonnade Room, overlooking the lake and garden.

Opposite: The Queen on horseback in the grounds of Frogmore House, 2011 Above: Frogmore House Right: The Savill Garden

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The Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence in Scotland of Her Majesty The Queen, stands at the end of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile against the spectacular backdrop of Arthur’s Seat. This fine baroque palace is closely associated with Scotland’s rich history and is today the country’s only working royal palace. hannon Tofts S hannon Photographer: reeman andy Young andy Photographer: John F John Photographer: Photographer: S Photographer:

The Palace is perhaps best known as the The State Apartments at Holyrood are Opening times home of Mary, Queen of Scots and was renowned for their fine plasterwork ceilings April to October the setting for many dramatic episodes and unrivalled collection of tapestries. Open daily 09:30–18:00 in her short and turbulent reign. Today they are used by The Queen for (last admission 17:00) official ceremonies and entertaining. Mary witnessed the murder of her Italian November to March It was here that Her Majesty received secretary, David Rizzio, by her jealous Open daily 09:30–16:30 Pope Benedict XVI on his official visit to husband, Lord Darnley, in her private (last admission 15:30) the UK in September 2010. The Palace was apartments at Holyrood. These intimate also the setting for the wedding reception rooms in the Palace’s west corner tower Admission price of The Queen’s grand-daughter Zara were home to Mary following her return Phillips and Mike Tindall in July 2011. individual Group from France in 1561. Lord Darnley was buried in the adjacent 12th-century Your group can enjoy a range of light Adult £10.75 £9.65 Abbey, now a beautiful ruin. refreshments or lunch in the Café at Over 60/ the Palace. Please ask for further details Student £9.80 £8.90 when making your booking. Under 17 £6.50 £5.85 Free tours of the romantic ruin of Holyrood Abbey run daily from May to August. COMBINED-TICKET PRICE Groups are welcome to join a tour on a turn-up-and-go basis. individual Group To mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Adult £15.10 £14.35 a new combined group ticket offers Over 60/ admission at a discounted price Student £13.75 £13.05 to the Palace of Holyroodhouse and The Queen’s Gallery in 2012. Under 17 £8.55 £8.10

Opposite: The Queen’s Garden Party, Palace of Holyroodhouse, 2009 Above right: Palace of Holyroodhouse garden Top left: Palace of Holyroodhouse Left: The Darnley Jewel, c.1570 Top right: Tour of Holyrood Abbey

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This very special tour, which allows visitors The West Drawing Room, used by members Morning availability Opening times Private Morning Visit behind the ropes in several rooms, begins of the Royal Family as a private sitting room Throughout the year Open daily 09:00–10:00. £8 per person. with an introduction to Holyrood’s and not normally open to the public, is included 08:30–10:30 Treasures 16–31 March Minimum number 50/booking value important role today as Her Majesty in the tour. It is among the most beautiful 09:30–16:30 £400, maximum number 80 The Queen’s official residence in Scotland. rooms in the Palace and boasts one of the Evening availability from The Queen’s Palaces (last admission 15:30) Groups may bring their own guide. It also provides an insight into the work finest 17th-century plasterwork ceilings. of the Royal Household, the organisation Your tour continues through the magnificent April to October 1 April – 16 September 16 MARCH – Private Evening View that supports The Queen in her duties. State Rooms and Historic Apartments. 18:30–20:30 09:30–18:00 16 SEPTEMBER 2012 (last admission 17:00) November to March 18:00–20:00 Your guide will reveal the Palace’s rich history, Morning tours finish in the Café at the Palace, November to March April to October 18:30–20:30 while explaining the fascinating behind-the- and evening tours end with a glass of 18:00–20:00 Marking Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee in Admission price £12 per person. scenes work of the Royal Household that champagne. Scotland, this selection of 100 outstanding works Minimum number 50/booking value £600, ensures the smooth running of official Tour price has been made across the entire breadth of the Individual Group To create a very special evening event, a maximum number 80 events, such as Garden Parties, Investitures, Royal Collection, from eight royal residences range of hospitality at the Café at the Palace Morning tour £25. Evening Adult £6.00 £5.40 Groups may bring their own guide. audiences and receptions. and over five centuries of royal collecting. may be enjoyed after your private tour. tour £30. Minimum number It includes paintings, drawings, miniatures, Over 60/ To request a hospitality brochure, please 25/booking value £625/£750, Private Evening Talk and View watercolours, furniture, sculpture, ceramics Student £5.50 £4.95 telephone 020 7766 7333. maximum number 60 and jewellery. November to March 18:00–20:00 Under 17 £3.00 £2.70 Morning tour price includes a April to October 18:30–20:30 Highlights are paintings by Rembrandt, Canaletto copy of the official guidebook Price includes an audio tour. £15 per person. and Monet, drawings by Leonardo, Michelangelo, and tea, coffee and pastries. Minimum number 50/booking value Raphael and Holbein, and Imperial Easter Eggs Evening tour price includes a £750, maximum number 80 copy of the official guidebook by Fabergé. Most of the works will be shown in and a glass of champagne. Scotland for the first time. Price includes an introductory talk by an expert guide, a private view of the exhibition and a glass of wine in the Gallery shop at the end of the visit.

Above: The West Drawing Room Above left: Rembrandt van Rijn, Agatha Bas, 1641 Left: Pair of upholstered throne chairs Above right: Canaletto, The Bacino di San Marco on made for King George V and Queen Mary in 1911 Ascension Day (detail), 1733-4

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PALACE T P T Adult £18.00 £16.20 30 Jul – 30 Sept, daily, 09:45–18:30 Ticket Office H A EDINBURGH ET HO Pre-booked, 2½ hours Rail: London Victoria English, French, German, Spanish, English, French, German, S R Exit LK E ST K V C R STRE Buckingham Palace WA E EN and State Rooms GE EET GH CA R BIRD AD CASTLE HI CLARENCE RO T E timed tickets only Underground: Victoria, Green Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Russian Spanish, Italian, Japanese, OR EET S (last admission 15:45) STR H T Entrance VICTORIA GE OWGA Wheelchair-users must The Queen’s T C BRIDGE Concession £16.50 £14.85 E OR Park or Hyde Park Corner Chinese, Russian UP P Gallery E CE PE LA H LONG ERRA book in advance BROADWAY S T R GE B ON EL CE Entrance WALK GATE ST ET GR HN P KING’S JO B STRE Under 17 £10.25 £9.30 Toilets at end of visit AV RD RS L AD ET R BE St James’s M E HOLYROOD E RK ID NCES A HA A STRE ROYAL MEWS Buckingham Palace OS A SM C RO Park BOU FR GE S PARK ET RN AS Entrance Road Shop E RO A CE RD GR Adult £8.25 £7.40 1 Feb – 31 Mar & 1 Nov – 21 Dec, Mon to Sat only, 1–31 Jan, 6 Apr, On-the-day tickets 1 hour Rail: London Victoria English, French, German, Spanish, English BE N N The Royal Mews L B AD FROGMORE LA O I GR R S C E BOUR C S AV P N O E PA L S E R 10:00–16:00 (last admission 15:15) 23–31 Dec, State Visits available Underground: Victoria, Green Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Russian E A E D HOUSE N L P C D S LA E EET Concession £7.50 £6.75 CE E STR O N A Park or Hyde Park Corner Guided tours available at regular ORI N 1 Apr – 31 Oct, daily, 10:00–17:00 (last admission 16:15) & Royal events ARE CT VI S T intervals (English only) SQU Under 17 £5.20 £4.65 SHAW FARM N ALBE UCKINGHAM GATE TO Victoria Station RT RD Frogmore House EA B Entrance The Queen’s Gallery, Adult £9.25 £8.35 Daily, 10:00–17:30 (last admission 16:30) 6 Apr, 16 Apr – 3 May, Pre-booked, 1–1½ hours Rail: London Victoria English Exhibition catalogues London 30 Jul – 30 Sept, 09:30–17:30 (last admission 16:30) 8 Oct – 1 Nov, timed tickets only Underground: Victoria, Green available in the shop Concession £8.50 £7.60 25 & 26 Dec Park or Hyde Park Corner Coach Parking Under 17 £4.65 £4.15 There is no coach parking near Buckingham Palace, The Queen’s Gallery or the Royal Mews. Once your booking is confirmed, we will advise the set down and pick up points nearest to the entrance to Buckingham Palace. Windsor Castle Adult £17.00 £15.30 Mar to Oct, daily 6 Apr, 18 Jun, Pre-book for faster 2–3 hours Rail: Windsor & Eton Riverside English, French, German, Spanish, English, French, German, 09:45–17:15 (last admission 16:00) 25 & 26 Dec entry. On-the-day or Windsor Central Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Russian Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Concession £15.50 £13.90 Nov to Feb, daily State Apartments tickets available Road: M4 Exit 6, M3 Exit 3 Guided Castle Precinct tours available Chinese, Russian

D ILL 09:45–16:15 (last admission 15:00) closed 9–20 Jan at regular intervals (English only) Windsor & Eton R Y H Under 17 £10.20 £9.20 ET ET BE H STRE B Riverside Station C EN A AT QUE D CALTON HILL Thames PALACE OF Adult £9.00 – 31 Jul – 27 Sept, Tue to Thur & Sat only Pre-booked, 1–1½ hours Rail: Windsor & Eton Riverside Guided tours in English English E WINDSOR CASTLE PLACE Frogmore House ENU OO AV EET TERL RK BA RRY STR WA HOLYROODHOUSE 10:00–17:00 (last admission 15:00) timed tickets only. or Windsor Central NE GE CLARENCE D PA OR Waverley Wheelchair access,LA except theGree n Park A GE Concession £9.00 – O NO D H Groups must arrive Road: M4 Exit 6, M3 Exit 3 HOUSE R Station CA OR Entrance R LTON Colonnade and Cross Gallery L ROAD W Scottish A L S T RT E E A

M HA ET in one vehicle S VE Parliament WY Entrance W TR STRE H Under 17 £9.00 – AL S M S RLE Hill N GREEN PARK E ALL O Windsor E e INCE BR D The Queen’s E S stl PR Y AR G Admission M THUR T ST TE ROAD Central Ca B ET A RI I T STRE Gallery LK ARKE . D M H AL Centre THE I D Station GE NONG G G Hyde Park Corner T B D WA E CA Adult £10.75 £9.65 Apr to Oct, daily 6 Apr, 25 & 26 Dec On-the-day tickets 1–1½ hours Rail: Edinburgh Waverley English, French, German, Spanish, English, French, German, E H A R N' AD Palace of Holyroodhouse G STRE S S A ST JAMES’S PARK N D T R WINDSOR E M IL D RO S CO S M E LO L

available Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Russian Spanish, Italian, Japanese, T 09:30–18:00 (last admission 17:00) & Royal visits E AS E YA T

BUCKINGHAM E AL T L RO OO Wheelchair access,GR E PE GREAT PARK THE R E YR Concession £9.80 £8.90 TH L A R OS SOUT

PALACE T P Guided tours of Holyrood Abbey Chinese, Russian T Nov to Mar, daily Ticket Office H A EDINBURGH ET HO S R Exit LK E ST K except Mary, QueenV C R STRE WA E EN and State Rooms GE EET GH CA R BIRD AD CASTLE HI ruins from May to Aug (English only) CLARENCE RO T E 09:30–16:30 (last admission 15:30) OR ET S STRE H T Under 17 £6.50 £5.85 of Scots’ Apartments Entrance VICTORIA GE OWGA The Queen’s T C E BRIDGE OR UP P Gallery E CE PE LA H LONG ERRA BRO S R ADWAY T GE B ON EL CE Entrance WALK GATE ST ET N P Adult £6.00 £5.40 Apr to Oct, daily 16 Jan – 15 Mar, 6 Apr, On-the-day tickets 1 hour Rail: Edinburgh Waverley GR English Exhibition catalogues H KING’S JO B STRE The Queen’s Gallery, RD RS L AV AD ET R BE St James’s M E HOLYROOD E RK ID NCES A HA A 09:30–18:00 (last admission 17:00) 17–27 Sept, 25 & 26 Dec available STRE ROYAL MEWS Buckingham Palace available in the shop OS A SM C RO Park BOU FR GE S PARK ET RN AS Edinburgh Entrance Road Shop E RD RO A Concession £5.50 £4.95 CE GR BE N N Nov to Mar, daily AD FROGMORE L LA B O I GR R S C E BOUR C S AV P N O E PA L S E E R HOUSE A D E N L 09:30–16:30 (last admission 15:30) P C D S Under 17 £3.00 £2.70 LA E EET CE E STR O N A ORI N ARE CT VI S T SQU SHAW FARM N ALBE UCKINGHAM GATE TO Victoria Station RT Frogmore House *Applicable to groups of 15 people or more. B RD EA Entrance

Coach Parking Ticket Sales and Information Office Planning a Visit Coach parking is available on Alma Road in the town centre and is clearly signed from all approach routes. A lift takes visitors from the Coach Park to Windsor How to book How to pay Timing AND SECURITY Palace of Holyroodhouse and The Queen’s Windsor Castle – 11:00, daily from April until Filming and photography Royal Station, a 5 to10-minute walk to the Castle entrance. Coaches cannot set Gallery, Edinburgh – The Café at the Palace the end of July and on alternate days for the down or pick up passengers at the entrance to Windsor Castle. Free coach Type of visit Telephone Online Individual tickets must be paid for at the time Sites tend to be busiest immediately after Photography and filming (for private use only) parking for Frogmore House is accessible via Shaw Farm Gate. offers a range of hot and cold refreshments rest of the year, weather permitting. The of booking. No commission is available. opening and after Changing the Guard. and the use of mobile phones are permitted in Individuals (14 people or fewer) 020 7766 7300 www.royalcollection.org.uk and lunch. Groups can reserve a seating area ceremony lasts 30 minutes and takes place Afternoons are generally quieter. outdoor areas but not inside the buildings, Group rates apply to groups of 15 people or or pre-order take-away food. on the parade ground in the Lower Ward. Groups (15 people or more) 020 7766 7321 www.royalcollection.org.uk except at the Royal Mews and the Queen’s more. Groups can reserve and book selected Prior to entry, visitors and their belongings are There is no Changing the Guard on Sunday. L HIL Galleries. Wedding photography is not ET EY STRE BB For general enquiries, please e-mail [email protected] (individuals) tickets on the Royal Collection website. subject to airport-style security checks. Shopping EEN A Please visit www.royalcollection.org.uk or permitted at any of the sites. QU CALTON HILL PALACE OF or [email protected] (groups). Pre-booked group tickets must be paid for PLACE T LOO TREE ATER HOLYROODHOUSE A wide range of exclusive merchandise, telephone 020 7766 7321 for details. GE S W 28 days prior to the day of the visit. Refreshments GEOR Waverley Within the Ticket Sales and Information Office, the Specialist Sales Team exhibition catalogues and books about Closures NO H Station CAL ORSE TON ROAD W Scottish RT A ET VE Parliament W Entrance STRE H Y handles bookings and enquiries for the following categories: Private tours and special visits must be Buckingham Palace – During the Summer the royal residences and art collection is Group leaders and guides S RL ND

INCE E BRIDGE The Queen’s PR Y As the Official Residences of The Queen are TE BR MARKE T STREET A Gallery ID NG pre-booked. Different payment terms Opening, the Garden Café offers a selection available from the Royal Collection shops NO GE CA Type of visit Telephone E-mail At the Palace of Holyroodhouse and working royal palaces, opening arrangements D R apply, and no commission is available. of hot and cold drinks, sandwiches, salads at each site. L MILE D E ROYA OO The Queen’s Gallery, Edinburgh, one group may change at short notice. Before visiting, TH YR Private tours / special visits 020 7766 7322 [email protected] and cakes. EDINBURGH SO HOL All pre-booked group visits can be paid for leader and one coach driver receive free please check www.royalcollection.org.uk or CASTLE UT TE Changing the Guard G H COWGA E BRIDGE Visitors with disabilities 020 7766 7324 [email protected] by credit card or cheque. On-the-day group Windsor Castle – At the time of printing, admission when accompanying a group of telephone 020 7766 7321. OR ACE TERR ON G ST E ET visits must be paid for by cash or credit card. a new café is being trialled at Windsor Castle. Buckingham Palace – 11:30, daily from May 15 people or more. HN P JO BRID STRE T L E BERS Booking lines are open daily, 09:00–17:00. ARK M E HOLYROOD M CHA A SS S The following cards are accepted: Visa, To receive updates on the café and other until the end of July and on alternate days for REGISTER FOR UPDATES RA G PARK G E A At all sites, only Royal Collection-authorised N N I C C

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22 www.royalcollection.org.uk Direct booking line 020 7766 7321 23 24 Quick reference guide Special Visits & Private Tours

Site Group admission Group size Adult Concession Under 17 Minimum* Maximum

Buckingham Palace

Combined Visit – State Rooms and Highlights Garden Tour £24.00 £22.80 £14.00 15 25

The Queen’s Gallery, London

Exhibition Talk £14.25 £12.75 £7.20 20 80 Private Morning Visit £20.00 £20.00 £20.00 50 / £1,000 150 Private Evening View £25.00 £25.00 £25.00 50 / £1,250 150 Private Evening Talk and View £30.00 £30.00 £30.00 40 / £1,200 80

Windsor Castle

Exhibition Talk £19.70 £18.00 £13.80 15 30 Combined Visit – Windsor Castle and The Savill Garden £20.75 £18.90 £13.95 15 – Guided Private Tour – Great Kitchen to State Apartments £32.00 £32.00 £32.00 15 / £480 30 Guided Private Evening Tour £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 15 / £750 60

Frogmore House

Combined Visit – Frogmore House and The Savill Garden £15.00 £15.00 £12.75 15 54 Private Evening Tour £25.00 £25.00 £25.00 15 / £375 36

Palace of Holyroodhouse

Combined Visit – Palace of Holyroodhouse £14.35 £13.05 £8.10 15 – and The Queen’s Gallery, Edinburgh Guided Private Morning Tour £25.00 £25.00 £25.00 25 / £625 60 Guided Private Evening Tour £30.00 £30.00 £30.00 25 / £750 60

The Queen’s Gallery, Edinburgh

Private Morning Visit £8.00 £8.00 £8.00 50 / £400 80 Private Evening View £12.00 £12.00 £12.00 50 / £600 80 Private Evening Talk and View £15.00 £15.00 £15.00 50 / £750 80

All special visits and private tours must be pre-booked. Different payment terms apply and no commission is *Minimum group size / available. Please contact the Ticket Sales and Information Office for further details. minimum booking value

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