London Swaminathan with his brother 15 May 2024
Date uploaded in London – 29 JUNE 2024
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Welcome to London- Part 4
On 15th of May,2024 I went to the palace with my brother and his wife who visited London for the first time. A strange thing happened after we spent twenty minutes taking pictures from different angles. Suddenly the police came and chased us for half a furlong saying the ‘THE KING IS COMING’. Though I had been to the palace several times, this was the first time I visited it after Charles became The King. Hundreds of tourists waited for the king for half hour, but “he was not lucky to have our Darshan”. So we left the place palace . if we were half hour late we could have missed the palace, because you can’t see much from half a furlong distance. Any way next time you go there find out the King’s day to day schedule.
I was lucky to be invited by the Queen with my wife a few years ago. Don’t jump to the conclusion that London Swaminathan is that BIG VIP. Every year the Queen, now the King, invites 1000 prominent persons to the place for Dinner (actually Lunch) where you are served thousands of Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian dishes. But no one is allowed to take anything inside the palace. So we missed the rare opportunity of taking pictures with the Queen, though she came very near to us to wish her known friends.
Since my wife came wearing silk sari, some people came to us and appreciated the beauty of Indian saris. But none of us could carry any camera or mobile phone inside the palace. But when I went to Prime Minister David Cameron’s house (10 Downing Street) for Deepavali (Diwali) dinner a few years ago, he came straight to us when I said I was from Hindu Forum of Britain, he called the photographer and asked him to take several pictures posing with us. Though we were not allowed to take any camera or mobile inside, pictures were sent to us in a few days’ time. Palace also should do something like it.
It is more interesting to see the mad crowd gathering there every day than the building. People from all countries in the world come there. Nowadays more Chinese and Japanese are seen in the vicinity.
If the King leaves the Palace for tour, the Palace flag (Royal Standard) will not fly at the top.
Now let us look at the Buckingham palace
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, where King Charles lives, is in the heart of London. Nearest underground station is Green Park. Three important lines- Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria lines – connect this station with most of London. Anyone staying in any part of London can reach this place within an hour and walk to the palace through the park. Well connected by buses as well.
Changing of Guards is a ceremony that happens every day in the morning (alternate days in winter) around mid-day which is watched by thousands of people.
Here is a newspaper cutting that describes the palace in numbers.
775 Rooms
19 State Rooms
78 Bathrooms
1514 Doors
760 Windows
100 miles long electrical cables
10 miles long hot water and cold water pipes
No wonder the POOR king needs our money!
We, the tax payers, allocate money for the king to maintain his palace buildings all over the UK and his family and his Royal visits around the world. Crazy British people say they want the monarchy for ever in every survey. They belong to ‘primitive society’ whereas in India, Mrs Indira Gandhi stopped tax payers money to the Kings and Queens in one single day. Now Indian palaces are converted into five star hotels.
Seeing the Palace from outside is FREE. Every summer they arrange a special show inside the palace and you have to buy an expensive ticket just to see that one hall.
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The word GHAM in Buckin ‘gham’ is a Sanskrit word ‘Grama’ (village). Hundreds of places in Britain have this suffix. So do Borough or Burg is a Sanskrit word that is derived from Pura, Pur, Puri, i.e. place with a fort or protected wall is.
Before the corona virus attack, a small part of the palace was opened to the public where some royal items were on display. It is a ticketed show. And in summer queen or king used to give a dinner to prominent citizens of London. 1000 people will be invited for the dinner in rotation.
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