Buckingham Palace: The Interiors Part II
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Part II of a look at the interiors of the palace with designer Ashley Hicks using his own photographs from his book on the subject with historic images. In this part he shows the second group of State Apartments, including Queen Victoria's Ballroom.
Absolutely brilliant series, thanks Hicksie, love your work...
I love that buckingham palace is furnished like a bad yard sale . Every piece of furniture was from or meant for some other palace
🤣 luv it well said
Not unlike many people's homes.
@Chuck's poke Yes, but not just any old stuff. It's 18th century hand painted.
@Chuck's poke I believe there are several ways, but often a very fine, light fabric will be put on the wall first and the paper applied over that. Then when it needs to be moved the fabric is peeled off the wall, not the paper, reducing the risk to the paper itself. It can also be applied to a thin wooden frame with the space between the paper and the wall padded. It's a very specialised art to move something so fine and delicate. The paper at the Palace is all hand painted and none of the scenes are repeated. I'm always in awe of people who can do such clever things. The paper in the Yellow Drawing Room has had a couple of moves in 200 plus years. It's currently in store and being restored while the east wing of the Palace is being renovated.
@Chuck's poke Happy to help. I agree about silk on the wall. Nothing better. William Morris was famous for his wallpaper designs, but would never have wallpaper in his own home, considering it something temporary. He always used embroidered hangings.
Thank you for this video which not only gives us a glimpse of this magnificent palace. But also tells the story of it.
How fortunate we all are that there was a time when humans with a talent did the very best they could. What strikes me the most is the inlay work on the wood floors.
This palace is not only a National treasure of England, but also one of the great treasures of the world.
To have a week to just wander in it... Oh !
Such craftsmanship, beauty and history. Love that you give brief backgrounds of some of the smaller objet.
The book arrived this morning. Highly recommended.
Dear Mr. Hicks, Thank you so much for these postings. I absolutely love it. It's what people who would love to go but can't get there would want to see. All the history behind the rooms, paintings and furniture is amazing.
I will be getting your book as soon as I can. I hope you will do more videos on Windsor Castle and/or stately homes in the UK.
Thank you again from the US
What the US fails to realise is that the BRITISH TAX-PAYER pays for ALL these furbelows, original cost, insurance etc etc etc......
@ And what they also don't know is that it belongs to the British state. They also don't know, and probably don't care, that unlike the American presidency, our monarchy isn't funded by the taxpayer, but by a percentage of the income of the private crown estate, which in 800 years has never been in public ownership. The Queen surrenders the entire income, which last year was £360 million and after giving The Queen the Sovereign Grant, the government keeps the balance. Last year that was just over £320 million. Compare that to America, where just the cost of Air Force 1 flights for the president to weekend in Florida cost the American taxpayers nearly 100 million dollars, whilst one presidential inaugural costs about three times the amount it takes to run the monarchy for a year. Add to that the approximately £150 million a year that the Royal Family helps to raise for charity, all without being paid and all paying income tax, and I think Americans may have quite a surprise. Add to that the approximately £1.5 billion which is the estimate that the National Audit Office says that the monarchy brings into the National exchequer and I suspect that Americans will be shocked and perhaps would like a self funded Head of State who also funds the taxpayer.
Interesting photographic eye for asymmetrical compositions. The colors, lighting and clarity of the images are awesome.
I deeply admire your knowledge and well documented in the Buckingham Palace. My sincere admiration and respect.
So much knowledge you have. How on earth do you remember it all? Can’t wait to share this series with my mother
Your attention to detail and your images are as if we are there in person. Well done!! I am excited to purchase your book. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this. A little peek into where I should live, and not in my little house in New Jersey :)hehe
I wonder what the chances are of being able to film videos like these of Windsor Castle? I'd LOVE nothing more than to be able to have a complete full tour of every square inch of that magnificent fortress! Gives me butterflies to think of it!
Zero I'm afraid.
I especially enjoyed listening to your excellent pronunciation.
@Heather Webster hardly anyone speaks like that. He could have easily played a part us one of the Queen courtiers in the Netflix series, The Crown.
Scagliola?? Faux Marbre perhaps but Fake Marble to us plebs.
He does start his sentences very well, but tails off the last half. I had to turn on the captions to get the full story. And the captions are a joke in themselves.
Hypnotic cadence.
Absolutely incredible.
I love these so much! I also love the blue pedestal table in your space!
Thank you for posting these wonderful videos, and for your excellent, detailed and interesting commentary.
Oh how marvellous this is…. Please, please more, more more!!
I enjoyed a visit of the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace, the Gardens & Royal Mews in 2017 & thoroughly enjoyed all three. What a wonderful resource & reminder your videos are. Thank you so much.😊 Fascinating to learn such detailed history of the rooms & the contents, who created them & for whom.
Absolutely fascinating! Had the pleasure of seeing a few of the State Rooms Summer 2012 while visiting from Canada. Just a mere smidgeon of the Entire Palace, but my goodness the Staircase and what appears to be a vast Sea of rooms in each direction you look! NOTHING even close to this in Canada. Hope to return one day again, I know the Palace is undergoing immense infrastructure updates. I do hope King Chas or Willam & Kate will continue to use it to its' full use.
Imagine being surrounded by such ART and beauty your whole life? Does one just walk by and not notice anymore? I could sit in the white withdrawing room for a year and still see something new everyday.
Superb documentary of this absolutely gorgeous palace.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Loved watching it.
But please mention the chandeliers.
“Fentaaaastic” as Mr Hicks would say in his unintentional soothing ASMR voice.
ASMR?
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Great documentary I adore English castles loved Osbourne House also👍👍👍
You should put a link to your book in the description box. I'm sure you would sell far more when it's easy to find. Fantastic video. Thank you very much.
These videos are very well done. I did the math...uh, Ashley is actually the great, great, great grandson of H.M. Queen Victoria & H.R.H. The Prince Albert. Quite an impressive bloodline. Love all the rich tidbits of history that he includes in his descriptions of materials and artistry.
Interesting to note the adaptations and add-ons to some of these pieces. Waste not! Make it work! The woodwork is beautiful. That round porcelain table that rotates is crazy!! Wow!
Fascinating architectural and interior design commentary on this historic building, which I have visited, as a tourist. So much more informative than my actual (versus virtual) experience. The State Rooms are massively grand, but very "institutional", and I only hope the private residence is more comfortable and human in scale.
Amazing French pieces all over .
I sure would hate to have to dust the place
Lovely!
We like the vastly nice and pictures in the buckingham
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No crown, no lovely Albert for you. Rank has its privelege. I do admire a good half rotunda. Excellent voice, you must be exhausted at the end of the day. There they are the magnificent flower ball matching vases with ormolu serpent handles.
I love anything that queen Victoria has touched.
Dear Mr Hicks,
I have a question on this 2nd posting.
You show in a picture a best of Edward 7th bust beneath a stained glass of his son do you know what happened to that bust? Has it been moved to some other room?
Forgive me if this is an ignorant question, you note that King George III and other monarchs going forward purchased painting, furniture and other artwork are these considered the current Queen's personal property or do they now belong to the state/country?
You also note the different changes to the staterooms made by different monarchs, can a future monarch change the staterooms or are these now set in stone?
You will laugh when I tell you I've watched your two videos more than once. I can just about quote you. Looking forward to your next posting and much, much more.
Thank you again
I don't know but you can probably find out - go to www.rct.uk/collection/search
and enter Edward VII as 'subject' and have a look...
Any chance the pre-Edward V11 decoration can be restored during the current renovations?
I was just thinking that, looking through the book, which arrived this morning.
The Palace must have a large staff of its 900 as art conservators!
It's total staff is between 300 and 350.
It's interesting you should say prince Albert painted the columns in the blue drawing room to appear like onyx as they do at 22:57 yet later in the photo of Cecil beaton and the Queen 25:21 they again appear to be raspberry red to the right of the door. Could it have been lighting?
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Where do they keep the bodies?
I expect you think that you are hilarious. As it happens, there is a rumour that when the Shah of Persia visited Buckingham Palace in 1873, one of his servants annoy him so he had the man killed and buried in the garden.
Probably in the dungeon.
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good stuff
nice
How amazing would it be if you could a walking tour and have these videos to hand and headphones. An audio tour guide.
It's difficult to get you heading and location given the photos.
Many chosen combinations of photos seem to ignore th 180° rule of motion picture.
If his sister India or his mom Lady Pamela Hicks spoke on the video, it would have been much better. He is kind of boring. His mom Bless her heart is full of life, and just loves to tell you about things in great detail. I wish he would have her do any future recordings. He would agree. Lady Pamela, is so eloquent, elegant, and enchanting.
Lost Tribes never forgave them
The Royal Palace of Madrid is much bigger and more impressive! Salutations from, USA!!!
Size isn't the deciding factor.
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Who was married to Leopold Prince Alberts brother.
Prince Alberts brother was Ernest-Leopold was brother to their father.
Ernest, Prince Albert’s brother was married to Alexandrine of Baden. There were no offspring.
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Just wanted to make sure you were able to get
Where is the clock that belonged to King George lll
Ok, thank u for letting me know that because I was thinking that he Leopold was Albert's brother.
There are quite a few of his clocks. There also some at Windsor Castle.
I know he had a lot of clocks but I'm talking about the one with everything on it.
@@delillablanton4994 I think that's at Windsor.
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Rather gaudy taste in my opinion. Sometimes less in more.
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Where you drunk when designed your library?
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You call this a palace? I'm not seeing any recliners. How can you have a palace without recliners?
The royals live off the taxpayers.
That's the usual very common misconception. The Sovereign Grant that the government gives The Queen is a percentage of the income of the private Crown Estate. The government keeps the balance which is more than £320 million a year. The fact is that The Queen gives money to the taxpayers.
Nowadays, the extravagance playing out here would be described as a "Wild West 'ho house." Much too elaborate and over-done.
so it appears that royals have been doing nothing for centuries
Mind numbingly boring narrator. He sounds more like an auctioneer, stressing the provenance of the items coming under the hammer, rather than a historian.
David Taylor - but this is the core of “Western Civilization”! How can it be boring??
@@susiefisch The narrator is boring, not Buckingham palace. It's a building, not a cornerstone of Western civilization, and its contents are basically dry goods, furniture, not priceless holy artifacts.
@@davidtaylor4071 well listen to it while trying to fall asleep. It’ll probably bore you into a deep sleep
Boring..stead pictures.much talking.annoying.
My nanny said that anyone who says that they are bored is boring themselves.
Who wants to live in a museum? Honestly, it just looks uncomfortable. I like to think that in the families private quarters, they have a nice big comfortable leather recliner and an well used side table with tea cup rings on it like the rest of us. Maybe even a pair of dirty socks on the floor or toothpaste splattered on the bathroom mirror. Just normal things.
Jealous much?
Just normal, comfortable rooms. No one lives in the state apartments.
@@mustangsally5426 how is this jealousy? what
So if you are born in the right family you get to live in untold luxury. Time to sell this off and provide homes and services to the homeless.
I've been holding my breath for part III Mr. Hicks. I can't hold it much longer!!! 😱
Prachtig wat heb ik genoten van deze documentaire. Jammer dat het niet vertaald is in Nederlands 🙏👍
Excellent serie , a huge works done here, enjoyes every minute here. Britannia is great indeed :D! Thank You so much!
will the Queen's cipher change once Charles succeeds to the throne?
Yes it will change to something like CIIIR unless he takes the regnal name of George as it has been rumoured he might then it will be GVIIR
@@pedanticradiator1491 that's a lot of repainting and it looks like complicated work not something you'd send just anyone to do especially the ceilings. I think you're right, although kings who have been named George haven't always had the best reputations.
@@julianczer939 they wont repaint every EIIR cypher and there are many buildings etc in the UK with the cypher of earlier monarchs on them
@@pedanticradiator1491 that makes sense. I was just wondering because that would be a lot of work and the paint job is very precise so it would have to be something done with great care.