Buckingham Palace

==Garden and surroundings==
{{Further|Buckingham Palace Garden}}
At the rear of the palace is the large and park-like garden, which together with its lake is the largest private garden in London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Buckingham Palace'' |url=http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Collections/OnlineResources/X20L/Themes/1381/1092 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502231028/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Collections/OnlineResources/X20L/Themes/1381/1092 |archive-date=2 May 2008 |access-date=3 February 2009}} ([[Museum of London]].) Retrieved 2 May 2009.</ref> There, [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] hosted her annual garden parties each summer and also held large functions to celebrate royal milestones, such as jubilees. It covers {{Cvt|17|ha}} and includes a helicopter landing area, a lake and a tennis court.<ref name="fact"/>

Adjacent to the palace is the [[Royal Mews]], also designed by Nash, where the royal carriages, including the [[Gold State Coach]], are housed. This [[rococo]] gilt coach, designed by [[William Chambers (architect)|William Chambers]] in 1760, has painted panels by [[Giovanni Battista Cipriani|G. B. Cipriani]]. It was first used for the State Opening of Parliament by George III in 1762 and has been used by the monarch for every coronation since [[William IV]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Gold State Coach |url=https://www.rct.uk/visit/the-royal-mews-buckingham-palace/the-gold-state-coach |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=www.rct.uk |language=en}}</ref> It was last used for the [[coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-09 |title=Coronation coach has electric windows and air con |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65194594 |access-date=2023-05-08}}</ref> Also housed in the mews are the coach horses used at royal ceremonial processions<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Royal Residences > The Royal Mews |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalResidences/TheRoyalMews/TheRoyalMews.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710044631/http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalResidences/TheRoyalMews/TheRoyalMews.aspx |archive-date=10 July 2009 |publisher=www.royal.gov.uk}}</ref> as well as many of the cars used by the royal family.

[[The Mall, London|The Mall]], a ceremonial approach route to the palace, was designed by [[Aston Webb]] and completed in 1911 as part of a grand memorial to Queen Victoria. It extends from [[Admiralty Arch]], across [[St James's Park]] to the [[Victoria Memorial, London|Victoria Memorial]], concluding at the entrance gates into the palace [[Courtyard|forecourt]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1239251|desc=Buckingham Palace forecourt gate piers, gates, railings and lamps|grade=I|access-date=28 December 2023}}</ref>  This route is used by the cavalcades and motorcades of visiting heads of state, and by the royal family on state occasions—such as the annual [[Trooping the Colour]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nicholson, Louise |title=London |publisher=Frances Lincoln |date=1998 |isbn=978-0-7112-1187-2 |location=London |page=56 |author-link=Louise Nicholson}}</ref>
{{wide image|File:Buckingham Palace west facade (panoramic).jpg|800px|align-cap=center|The lawn and west façade, faced in [[Bath stone]], of Buckingham Palace}}