Royal London

Time Out's guide to royal venues, palaces and events in London

In Fine Style
Coronation! 1953-2013
Changing the Guard
Annual Opening of Kew Palace
Secrets of the Royal Bedchamber

In Fine Style

Check out our gallery of Tudor and Stuart fashions from a new exhibition at the Queen's Gallery
Coronation! 1953-2013

Behind-the-scenes images from the 1953 Coronation go on show at Westminster Abbey
Changing the Guard

Out with the old… the symbolic handing-over of the Palace keys
Annual Opening of Kew Palace

Explore George III's palace – entry is included with a ticket to Kew Gardens
Secrets of the Royal Bedchamber

Hampton Court Palace's exhibition reveals some unusual royal sleeping arrangements

From royal-themed walks and tours, to castles, palaces and events to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's coronation, Time Out's guide to royal London has everything you need to know to have a right royal time…

Royal events taking place in London

The Coronation Festival

As part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Queen's coronation, the Palace gardens are open for three days of activities featuring some 200 Royal Warrant holders. These will be split into four areas - homes & gardens, food & drink, design & technology and styles, pursuits & pastimes – enabling visitors to wander at will and sample a wide range of produce and products.

Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace Rd, SW1A 1AA
Fri Jul 12 - Sun Jul 14

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Buckingham Palace Summer Opening

The 2013 special exhibition marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Queen's coronation and brings together dresses, uniforms and robes worn for the event, along with paintings, other works of art, and objects used on June 2 1953, when the Queen was crowned at Westminster Abbey and a new Elizabethan era dawned.