You Can Now Tour Queen Elizabeth II's Private Rooms at Holyroodhouse

"To celebrate, the Royal Collection Trust is letting commoners tour the late monarch's private quarters at Holyroodhouse Palace in Edinburgh, the Royal Family's official Scottish residence. The small group experience will run for just 100 days, from May 21 to September 10-and mark the first time visitors can traipse these storied chambers, which British royals have called home since Queen Victoria reigned two centuries ago."

"Artworks on view throughout these spaces hail from the Royal Collection, as well as the personal collections of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip-a known lover of contemporary Scottish art who also served as Patron of the Royal Scottish Academy of Art. The adventure begins in the Royal Breakfast Room, where he and the queen would dine surrounded by a suite of mid-17th century tapestries by Flemish craftsman Jacob Wauters."

Holyroodhouse Palace in Edinburgh, the Royal Family's official Scottish residence, will open Queen Elizabeth II's private apartments to visitors for a limited 100-day tour from May 21 to September 10, celebrating what would have been her 100th birthday in April. This marks the first time the public can access these storied chambers where the late monarch and Prince Philip stayed during official visits. The palace, with roots dating to the 12th century and formally erected around 1678, features artworks and tapestries from the Royal Collection and personal collections of the Queen and Prince Philip, a patron of Scottish art. The tour begins in the Royal Breakfast Room, showcasing 17th-century Flemish tapestries installed in the 1920s, and continues through other private spaces.

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