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Buckingham Palace's famous centre room where the Royal Family gather before appearances on the balcony is to open to the public for the first time.
At a cost of £75, visitors will be able to take guided tours of the royal residence's east wing, the front façade which faces The Mall where crowds assemble on major occasions to see the monarchy.
The palace's east wing was built between 1847-49 to accommodate Queen Victoria's growing family, and the development enclosed the former open horseshoe-shaped royal residence.
The wing's principal floor will be open in July and August following more than five years of improvements, which were part of the ongoing £369million reservicing programme to update the palace's electrical cabling, plumbing and heating system over 10 years.
The Centre Room in the East Wing of Buckingham Palace, London
Buckingham Palace's centre room was used by the Royals before their balcony appearances
King George IV's opulent oriental-style seaside palace, the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, was sold
