Clarence House

Clarence House is the official residence of the British heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla. With St. James 's Palace Clarence House is a building complex, where it is located within the walls of that royal palace.

The term Clarence House stands metonymically for the personal office or the press spokesman for the Prince of Wales. The building is located in the City of Westminster in west London on the boulevard near The Mall from Buckingham Palace.

History

1825-1828 Clarence House was built by John Nash. The building has four floors and is clad in white stucco. Alfred of Saxe- Coburg -Gotha used the building. Almost half a century, from 1953 until her death in 2002, Clarence House, the residence of the Queen Mother. 2002/2003 it was renovated for 10 million euros. The office of Prince William and Prince Harry was moved to the nearby St. James 's Palace in 2009.

For other uses, Tourist

In addition to his father, Clarence House is also Prince Henry ( Harry) of Wales as the official London residence available, as well as from 2003 to 2011 his older brother, William, the Duke of Cambridge, who now but parts of Kensington Palace as a residence and as a family apartment uses.

Since 2003, the building can be visited every year during the summer holidays. The reservation of cards is necessary. The Palais offers valuable silk wallpapers, paintings by Thomas Gainsborough and Edgar Degas.