Shorter reads, one visitor question each. The longer planning pieces — choosing between the trips, routing half a day, what the tea options really cost — sit in the guides.
Two closed days a week, two sets of hours, an optional donation that makes every price list disagree, and a park you cross to reach the door. Everything a first visit to Kensington Palace needs, in the order you will need it.
Read post →Kent's painted courtiers, a 1694 wind dial still turning over the chimneypiece, an emerald tiara and the bedroom a queen was born in. Every open room at Kensington Palace in the order the handset takes them, and the wing that is shut until 2027.
Read post →A king with asthma who moved the court west to breathe, a house bought for twenty thousand pounds, builders quick enough for a Christmas Eve move-in, and a queen born in a back bedroom. Fifteen things about Kensington Palace that check out.
Read post →Under-fives go free, the building is small enough to finish, and the best playground in London is a few minutes' walk from the door. What works at Kensington Palace by age, and which tours take a stroller.
Read post →One opens five days a week all year for about twenty-five pounds; the other opens for ten weeks a summer and costs twice as much. How Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace actually compare, and the tours that take in both.
Read post →Between them these cover what comes up before a first visit: which days the palace opens, what is in each room and which wing is shut, the facts worth knowing before you climb the stairs, how the day works with children, and how the building compares with the other royal palace everybody puts on the same list. The practical reference sits on plan your visit, and Kensington Palace tour lists every bookable trip.
