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Royal Mews

The working stables of Buckingham Palace, with the four-tonne Gold State Coach that has carried every monarch to their coronation since 1831.

The Gold State Coach, finished in 1762, in the Mews. Photo by Dgp4004, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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The Royal Mews is where the horses and carriages of the head of state live and work, in the quadrangle John Nash built behind Buckingham Palace in 1825; the name is older, from the mews at Charing Cross where the royal hawks were kept to moult in the fourteenth century. It is a working yard: the Windsor Greys and Cleveland Bays that pull the carriages on state occasions are in the stables, the coachmen's families live above them, and the state cars are in the garage. In the coach houses are the Diamond Jubilee State Coach of 2014, the Glass Coach that brings brides to royal weddings and, at the end, the Gold State Coach, built for George III in 1762, four tonnes of gilded wood and painted panels pulled by eight horses at a walk, which has taken every monarch to their coronation since William IV in 1831 and which every one of them has called the most uncomfortable ride in the kingdom. It opens for most of the year on a Royal Collection ticket.

Where
Victoria Square, SW1W 0RB
Nearest station
Victoria · 4 min walk

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