Unfortunately, the Queen was on holiday in Scotland. But, lucky for us, when she is away in August and September, the Buckinghan Palace State Rooms are open to the public for viewing. We spent a wonderful hour and a half touring the palace and were amazed at how beautifully kept it was. There was a gorgeous carpet on the floor, without a cover for the masses to walk on. A guide informed us that it was new this year and they wanted the guests to be able to walk on it. Unbelievable!
We spent two days enjoying London, then departed for the Cotswolds. On the way, we stopped for a visit at Blenheim Palace, home of the Duke of Marlborough. Winston Churchill was born here and, in his youth spent many happy days at Blenheim. He was a cousin of the 9th Duke and in 1908 persuaded him to invite Clementine Hozier to stay at the palace. It was there he proposed to, and married, Clementine.
The photos above are of the London Eye, the huge ferris wheel that looks across the Thames at Big Ben. Big Ben is depicted in another photo with some of London's famous double decker buses. The last photo is of Bleinheim Palace.
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