Windsor Castle: A Working Palace

[FiveParadox]

On Friday morning, Her Majesty the Queen held an Investiture at Windsor Castle.

Windsor Castle is a working palace, one of the principal residences of the Canadian monarch. The palace is both a personal residence for the Sovereign, and the site of many official engagements and ceremonies (such as the Investiture for The Most Noble Order of the Garter held by the Queen before the weekend). The castle has been a royal home and fortress for nine hundred years.

An overhead shot of Windsor Castle, one of the Queen’s official private and working residences.​

For about one month spanning March and April, the Queen takes up private residence and Easter Court at Windsor Castle. The Queen also takes a week in June to take up residence there, to carry out several engagements to do with the Order of the Garter. Her Majesty also spends many weekends at Windsor Castle, and also spends time at the palace to host foreign heads of State.

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1. The Royal Family • home • Windsor Castle • Court Circular

 

[AnnaG]

Yep. All families should have houses such as that. Lemme see, Is it just the Queen and Prince Phil at home now? The kids have all wandered off on their own? I wonder iif there's any housing shortages in the UK anywhere.

 

[FiveParadox]

AnnaG, it isn’t just a house—it’s a job centre, a ceremonial hotspot for the Commonwealth of Nations and for the recognition of excellence, and an international hub of diplomatic activity. Also, it’s worth mentioning that the official residences of the Queen are not held by the Queen as a person, but rather by the Queen as the institution of constitutional monarchy for sixteen realms of the Commonwealth.

Windsor Castle is, as mentioned above, a working palace.

 

[Johnnny]

For about one month spanning March and April, the Queen takes up private residence and Easter Court at Windsor Castle. The Queen also takes a week in June to take up residence there, to carry out several engagements to do with the Order of the Garter. Her Majesty also spends many weekends at Windsor Castle, and also spends time at the palace to host foreign heads of State.

i hope she pays for that out of her own pocket, i dont want my tax money going to her, for her milk baths and back rubs........

 

[FiveParadox]

i hope she pays for that out of her own pocket, i dont want my tax money going to her, for her milk baths and back rubs...

Perhaps there’s some confusion about the role of the Queen.

Her Majesty’s time at Windsor Castle is spent receiving visitors (often foreign diplomats such as heads of State) and performing and participating in ceremonies such as Investitures of the Order of the Garter (as Her Majesty had done on Friday. It should also be mentioned that Canadians only directly fund the Queen’s activities when they are conducted (a) in Canada, or (b) on Canada’s behalf. Our only other costs related to constitutional monarchy are the modest and cost-effective pricetags of the Office of the Governor General, and the Offices of the Lieutenant Governors.

 

[Downhome_Woman]

i hope she pays for that out of her own pocket, i dont want my tax money going to her, for her milk baths and back rubs........

Sorry - I do have issues with the monarchy - but her? No way. she's worked since she was a kid. Her parents decided that they had no right to be where they were - to hold the positions they did - unless they stayed in Britain - in London - during WW2. Their house was better than anyone else's - but it still got bombed. She drove military trucks.For a royal family brought up for the most part, in exclusion from those they ruled or were to rule, the last couple of generations have done a lot to do their best to understand the people they hold the crown for.
Me> I like the monarchy. They occupy a place in diplomacy that is unique. It's all well and good to say that we are all equal and therefore should be taken into equal account, but come on. There are some people who will look at a politician and not give them the time of day - but the Queen of England? Can't kick her to the curb - she has diplomatic schmicks. And she's smart. She seems to read her briefing notes and she knows her history.
Cut the woman some slack. She never asked for the job but she seems to have tried to do a good job of it.And milk baths? she doesn't seem the type.

 

[Bar Sinister]

Threads sealing with the monarchy always seem to evolve into an argument over whether the royal family should even exist or if it does whether or not members of royalty should have all of the privileges that they do and or live in such nice homes.

For the first, maintaining royalty in many countries is part of their cultural heritage. Royals are kept because the citizens of the country have decided to keep them. That is the case in Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and so on. At any time the position of monarch could be abolished in any of these nations if the people so choose.

As for privileges and nice homes what most modern members of royalty enjoy it is not much different from what many wealthy people have. Bill Gates does not exactly live in a dump, nor do most billionaires. If you want to debate depriving royalty of all of their perks then perhaps you should also discuss doing the same with the world's ultra rich.

 

[Downhome_Woman]

Threads sealing with the monarchy always seem to evolve into an argument over whether the royal family should even exist or if it does whether or not members of royalty should have all of the privileges that they do and or live in such nice homes.

For the first, maintaining royalty in many countries is part of their cultural heritage. Royals are kept because the citizens of the country have decided to keep them. That is the case in Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and so on. At any time the position of monarch could be abolished in any of these nations if the people so choose.

As for privileges and nice homes what most modern members of royalty enjoy it is not much different from what many wealthy people have. Bill Gates does not exactly live in a dump, nor do most billionaires. If you want to debate depriving royalty of all of their perks then perhaps you should also discuss doing the same with the world's ultra rich.

well said!

 

[talloola]

Yes I agree, 'well said', I remember when she stepped onto
the throne when her father passed away, she was so young,
and was thoroughly trained and prepared for the job she
would hold, with class, for all these years.
She is a great example of dedication to country, and has
not waivered in all these years.
We should all have the courage to stay focused on the
matters at hand, without whining from time to time, and
carry the torch that was handed to us from our families,
and make them proud.
Without her, the ones to look up to are getting fewer and
fewer, and from what I see in her oldest grandson, william,
he will follow in her footsteps with pride.

 

[The Old Medic]

Her Majesty's time at Windsor is spent in many ways, not all of it official duties by any means. Windsor is her favorite place to be. She spends many weekends there, just getting away fro it all (it takes hundreds of servants for her to "get away from it all" but she pays them, so?). She lives there, and treats it as a home.

 

[eh1eh]

If I had been born into such circumstances I would lick it up real dirty style behind my castle walls, although I think Balmoral would be a better venue for fetish play, just ask Margret.
lots of sour grapes from those born into the middle class.

I'm sure Chuck and Camilla rock on to KISS where Queenie is at Windsor and the boys are at school or war.

Chuck


Think about it!

 

[petros]

Her Majesty's time at Windsor is spent in many ways, not all of it official duties by any means. Windsor is her favorite place to be. She spends many weekends there, just getting away fro it all (it takes hundreds of servants for her to "get away from it all" but she pays them, so?). She lives there, and treats it as a home.

Why not since it was the biggest trophy for the German rooted Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family when they ousted the Windsors.

 

[Spade]

Windsor Castle gave its name to the British Royal Family when they were too coy about being Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha.

 

[Blackleaf]

Windsor Castle is the largest inhabited castle in the world. It's also the oldest castle in the world in continuous occupation, dating back to King William I (the Conqueror). And what an amazing history it has. The first monarch to live in the castle was King William I's son King Henry I. It was also where Henry I and Queen Adeliza were married in 1121. King Edward III was born there in 1312. In 1563, when the bubonic plague hit London, Elizabeth I moved herself and her court to Windsor Castle, and it was there that she erected a gallows, ordering anyone visiting from London to be executed. King Henry VIII's successor, and his son, King Edward VI, wrote whilst staying in the castle: "Methink I am in a prison, here are no galleries, nor no gardens to walk in." And, during the English Civil War, the castle was the headquarters of the New Model Army. The castle was almost destroyed by the great fire of 1992. The fire started in the Queen's private chapel. The fire raged for 15 hours and completely destroyed nine of the principal state rooms, and severaly damaging over 100 more. One fifth of the castle's floor space was destroyed. The £37 million restoration programme wasn't complete until 1997. So successful was the restoration that the distinction between old and new is hard to detect.

i hope she pays for that out of her own pocket, i dont want my tax money going to her, for her milk baths and back rubs........

Most, though not all, of the Royal residences are owned by the British people, not the monarch. Windsor Castle falls into that category, and so does Buckingham Palace. These residences will always remain in use for the Royal family. As she doesn't own them, the Queen cannot sell them to anybody else.

Only two of the Royal Family's residences are owned by the Queen: Sandringham in Norfolk and Balmoral in the Cairngorms.