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"There it is. Buckingham Palace. Seven hundred and seventy-five rooms, the balcony where the royal family waves, the front door on ten thousand postcards. And for most of its life, nobody actually wanted to live here. It started as a regular house — a private mansion built for a duke, on a spot where King James had once tried and failed to farm silkworms."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
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Hear the full story at Buckingham Palace
This is just one of 9 stops on the Westminster & Big Ben tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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