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| Hey! It's the Queen's Guard! |
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| Scottish Unicorn |
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| Mr. Hunter admired the Royal coat of arms, which features a lion and a unicorn. |
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| This particular guard is a member of the Coldstream Guards, as identified by the grouping of his buttons and the garter star badge on his collar. See more about the Queen's Guards on the British Monarchy site. |
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| Two young women try on the Queen's Guard hats. |
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| Another tourist holds the hat. |
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| Your ticket to Buckingham Palace includes... The Royal Wedding Dress Royal Faberge Special Exhibition A walk along the south side of the Palace garden An audio tour of the State Rooms and special exhibitions |
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| A photo of the dress from the British Monarchy's Flickr photostream. Visitors could walk all around the platform to see the dress from all sides. The wedding cake was also on display! A couple layers of the cake were replicas, but apparently the rest of it was the real thing. (Really?!?!) You could even see the slice that William and Kate had made when the cut the cake. |
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| A royal lamppost. |
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| Notable snake detail. |
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| An inviting bench. |
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| A satisfied Mr. Hunter poses before the back of Buckingham Palace, seen from the gardens. (He was still glowing from a friendly encounter with one of the Queen's Guards.) The white tents on the left cover a little cafe. |
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| A glimpse of the palace through the trees. Something Pemberley-like in the sight. |
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| A lovely tree in the Buckingham Palace gardens. |
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| Mr. Hunter spies the London Eye in the distance. The lake, by the way, is called St. James's Park Lake. |
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| A curious squirrel strikes a cute pose. |
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| St. James's Park Summer Wildlife Newsletter. |
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| The wings of a Greylag Goose. |
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| Barnacle Goose |
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| I think this is a coot sitting on its nest. |
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| Something magical about this view. |
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| Mr. Hunter smiles in front of the Gold State Coach. |
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| Golden wheels... gilded wheels, actually. |
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| A closer look at the body of the coach. |
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| One of the tritons on the Gold State Coach. |
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| Mr. Hunter and the famous Glass Coach. |
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| About the Glass Coach, in which Lady Diana Spencer rode to St. Paul's Cathedral on her wedding day. |
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| Mr. Hunter and the Rolls-Royce Phantom VI in which Kate Middleton rode to her wedding at Westminster Abbey. |
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| The pleasingly decorated Australian State Coach. |
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| About the Australian State Coach. Its features include electric windows and air conditioning. |
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| I liked how the Australian Coat of Arms included a kangaroo and an emu. |
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| Employees of the Royal Mews live in some of these apartments. |
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| The old Christmas sleigh. |
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| The one in the left is marked "Goat Cart" |
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| Donkey Barouche The word "barouche" always reminds me of Jane Austen. |
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| Sedan chair. |
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| This horse was named Mary Tudor. |
