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Create your own video on http://studio.stupeflix.com/?w=1 ! Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial. This principal façade of 1850 by Edward Blore, the East Front, was redesigned in 1913 by Sir Aston Webb. Queen Victoria, the first monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace, moved into the newly completed palace upon her accession in 1837. Buckingham House c.1710 as designed by William Winde for the first Duke of Buckingham and Normandy. This facade evolved into today's Grand Entrance on the west (inner) side of the quadrangle, with the Green Drawing Room above. George IV transformed Buckingham House into a palace. A garden party at Buckingham Palace in 1868. Crowds walk down the Mall towards the Palace and the Victoria Memorial. The flags interspersed with the Union Flag indicate a Norwegian State Visit in progress. The Palace c.1837, depicting the Marble Arch, which served as the ceremonial entrance to the palace precincts. It was moved to make way for the east wing, built in 1847, which enclosed the quadrangle. Piano nobile of Buckingham Palace. A: State Dining Room; B:Blue Drawing Room; C:Music Room; D:White Drawing Room; E:Royal Closet; F:Throne Room; G:Green drawing Room; H:Cross Gallery; J:Ball Room; K:East Gallery; L:Yellow Drawing Room; M:Centre/Balcony Room; N:Chinese Luncheon Room; O:Principal Corridor; P:Private Apartments; Q:Service Areas; W:The Grand staircase. On the ground floor: R:Ambassador's Entrance; T: Grand Entrance. The areas defined by shaded walls represent lower minor wings. 'Note': This is an unscaled sketch plan for reference only. Proportions of some rooms may slightly differ in reality. The throne room. Prince Albert's music room, one of the smaller less formal rooms at the palace, in 1887. The State Ballroom is the largest room at Buckingham Palace. It was added by Queen Victoria and is used for ceremonies such as investitures and state banquets. This picture dates from 1856. The polychrome colour scheme has been replaced by mainly white decoration with gold details and red upholstery. This 1870 drawing shows guests ascending the Grand Staircase. Buckingham Palace panorama, 1909. The east front of Buckingham Palace was completed in 1850. Seen here in 1910, it was remodelled to its present form in 1913. Victoria Memorial at sunset, 2006. Victoria Memorial was created by the sculptor Sir Thomas Brock in 1911 and erected in front of the main gates at Buckingham Palace on a surround was constructed by the architect Sir Aston Webb. The Royal Family, and Winston Churchill, on the balcony of the Palace on VE Day. Guards march out of Buckingham Palace at the end of the daily Changing of the Guard ceremony. The Royal Family on the balcony. Buckingham Palace with the Union Flag projected onto it for Christmas Eve 2003. Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial.