The Queen's Palaces - Season 1

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Buckingham Palace

1 - Buckingham Palace

Air Date: September 12, 2011

Buckingham Palace, the British monarch's present principal official residence, in London, was originally built as a hunting lodge by Tudor King Henry VIII.

Windsor Castle

2 - Windsor Castle

Air Date: September 19, 2011

Windsor Castle was built not as a palace but retains the massive walls of a major military fortification, erected while Anglo-Norman England absorbed its Celtic neighbors

Palace of Holyroodhouse

3 - Palace of Holyroodhouse

Air Date: September 26, 2011

The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is the British monarch's barely known official residence in Scotland.