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submitted: Oct 2nd 2008 | by: EwanMacLeod | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 515 | |

A popular and exciting place for tourists across the world to come and visit is England. England has lush and beautiful countrysides, historic cities, and many other interesting places to visit. One famous landmark worth seeing is Hadrian's Wall in the North East of England, which dates back to AD122. However, the first port of call for most tourists is London.

London is a wondrous place to visit whether for a city break or a two week vacation. Never just set aside one day for visiting London, you will have wasted most of your day on deciding which fascinating place to visit first. One interesting fact that would shock the tourist from other coutries is that many English people have never even visited their capital city.

London is full of magnificent ancient and historic buildings, and is famous for it's incredible churches and cathedrals. Everyone will of heard of St. Paul's Cathedral, this is the Anglican Cathedral where the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer married. An exciting new attraction which attracts over 3.5 million visitors a year is the 'London Eye' or 'Millenium Wheel' as it was originally known. However, one must see visitor attraction is Buckingham Palace.

Buckingham Palace only became the official residence of the British monarchy in 1837. It was Queen Victoria who chose Buckingham Palace as her official royal residence. Ever since then Buckingham Palace has been known around the world as the most famous residence of the British royal family. The palace is located in the centre of London and has always been a rallying point for the British people at times of great joy and sadness.

The palace began its' days as the city residence of the Duke of Buckingham. The Duke commissioned the building of the house in 1703. The house was later sold to King George III, who bought 'Buckingham House' for his wife, Queen Charlotte.

Since its construction, Buckingham House, as it was then known, has been enlarged considerably. The architects responsible for most of its additions were John Nash and Edward Blore. The largest of the additions to the house were the three wings formed around a central courtyard

The best known works of the architect Ashton Webb include his works at Buckingham Palace. He designed the memorial to Queen Victoria outside of Buckingham Palace. The centrepiece of his design was a statue of the Queen sitting on a marble white pillar. The Mall was redesigned into a processional way leading up to the statue. The pink surface of the road here symbolises an enormous red carpet unrolled in front of the monarch.

The Queen has many other residences besides Buckingham Palace. Some of the residences are 'official' residences and there are some which are 'private'. One other famous, official royal residence in London is St. Jame's Palace and once upon a time was the primary London royal residence. A favourite private residence with the Queen is Balmoral in Scotland. The Queen enjoys a relaxing holiday at Balmoral every August, and was there when she heard the grave news of Diana, Princess of Wales', sad and untimely passing.

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