Friday, November 6, 2009

Which was the first reighning monarch to live in Buckingham Palace?

Queen Victoria.





What year did Buckingham Palace become a Royal Residence?





Buckingham Palace (then much smaller and known as Buckingham House) was bought by King George III in 1762, for use as a family home by his wife, Queen Charlotte.





Queen Victoria was the first reigning Monarch to use the Palace in its current form as an official working base for the Sovereign; she came to live at Buckingham Palace (from her home at Kensington Palace) in July 1837.
Which was the first reighning monarch to live in Buckingham Palace?
Victoria was the first sovereign to live there (from 1837).
Which was the first reighning monarch to live in Buckingham Palace?
It was Queen Victoria 1819 - 1901
Reply:Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 鈥?22 January 1901)
Reply:You can't 'Live' in Buck Pal, it's too draughty and there's all those soldiers clanking up and down and tourists gawping in all day long. That's why we spend so much time at Balmoral, Sandringham and our favourite- Windsor Castle.


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