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What is the most famous room in Buckingham Palace?

Of all of them, one is perhaps the most important: the 1844 Room. It's where Queen Elizabeth and the royal family often receive their most distinguished visitors, from the Obamas, to President Xi Jinping of China, to Angelina Jolie.



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Of all the 775 rooms in Buckingham Palace–included in that count are 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, 78 bathrooms, 52 royal and guest bedrooms and 19 state rooms–one has to surely be the most important and it has to be the 1844 Room.

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Perhaps the most iconic of the Royal Family's residences, Buckingham Palace has a staggering 775 rooms and all that space leaves plenty of scope for secret royal rooms. Helping the late Queen Elizabeth and any other royals who pay a visit to Buckingham Palace to make a grand entrance is a secret passageway.

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The monarch has a private indoor swimming pool at Buckingham Palace, which has long been a favourite spot for the entire royal family.

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According to those in the know, the Queen stays at her London home Monday to Friday. Buckingham Palace is her administrative hub where all decisions are made, so it is considered to be her 'working residency'. She is of course joined by her husband, The Duke of Edinburgh, and they stay in private quarters.

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From July-October each year, visitors can walk through 19 of the magnificent State Rooms and explore the Palace's Garden. During most of the year Buckingham Palace is the office and London residence of The King and Queen. But since 1993, during the summer months, the palace is open to the public.

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Lakshmi Vilas Palace: World's Largest Private Residence, Which Is 4 Times Bigger Than Buckingham Palace. Lakshmi Vilas Palace is reportedly the biggest private dwelling constructed till date and is four times the size of Buckingham Palace, and could be worth well over Rs 24,000 crores.

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At Buckingham Palace, heating and hot water is produced by the Combined Heat and Power plant and boilers, with flat plate heat exchangers increasing the efficiency of heat transfer.

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The State Rooms are just a slice of the vast palace – with 775 rooms, including 19 State Rooms, 52 royal and guest bedrooms and 92 offices. It has a chapel, doctor's surgery, cinema, swimming pool and staff gym servicing its 450 employees.

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