Tea with the Queen

I kid, I kid.  Nothing of the sort happened when we toured Buckingham Palace our final day in London.  We had tried to take a tour on another day but the lines were ridiculously long.  We figured our best option was booking ahead and the only day available was our last day, which we found very fitting.

While we didn't actually get to have tea with the Queen, we did have tea on the Queen, meaning we didn't pay a cent for it.  This is because the crazy airport type security that we went through when entering the palace decided that giving our stroller a little push and then a pull through the x-ray machine was a great idea.  Not so much.  They broke our stroller.  Thank goodness it was on the last day!  Thankfully the people at the palace were super helpful and kind.  They did all the leg work and figured out how to have our stroller repaired.  We should be receiving a new seat for Reed to cruise around in very shortly.

This is by far the best palace/castle that we saw while living in the UK, as you might expect.  It is very beautiful on the inside and certainly fit for a queen!  I highly recommend touring it if you are ever in London in August or September, which is the only time that it is open for tours.  Of course they don't allow pictures inside, so you'll just have to take our word for it that it was awesome, but we did take a few pictures on the back side of the palace that is rarely seen.  We also got to check out Kate's wedding dress.  The display kind of reminds me of the scene from Beetlejuice where they are bringing back the dead couple with their wedding clothes.  It is a little odd, but the dress is beautiful!

Watching the guys marching one last time.

Doing his own marching before we went inside the palace.

And more marching.

Daddy and Reed

Mommy and Reed at the back of the palace.

A shot of the exterior which is rarely seen.

Reed and his new hat that he could not stop laughing about.  He loves it!

And another shot.  It is very, very pretty from this side.