Kensington Palace and Our Anniversary

First, a word about the show last night. Jon Richardson was hilarious but the trip there and back was not so much fun. The tube strike made us take alternate routes and added more walking and more time to each leg of the trip. All the train rides out were fine, but when we got back for the last ride on the Elizabeth line only to find it was closed and we had to take an Uber back. Of course, city traffic was still terrible even at that time of night, so we didn't get to our hotel until 1am.

Our first stop today was a tour of Kensington Place. We know it as the place where Princess Diana lived with William and Harry and later where William and Kate lived with their children until they very recently moved to Windsor Castle so their children could all go to the same school. They lived in the wing to the left of the main building in the first photo. The tour we took was only the state apartments on the right in the photo.

Kensington Palace has a much older history. It was transformed into a palace by William and Mary in 1689 and later was the residence of Queen Ann, King George I and King George II. It was also the home where Queen Victoria was born and lived until she ascended to be the Queen in 1837 when she was 18. The statue in the foreground is of her as a youthful queen.

As today, 11/11/2022, was our 50th wedding anniversary, we celebrated with a tour of the grounds (Kensington Gardens) and a high tea in the gardens. Cheers!