Useful Links
Following are some links that you might find useful.
Official Royal websites
| The Royal Household |
The official website of the Royal Household |
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The official website of the Prince of Wales |
Main Royal Residences
| Buckingham Palace | The Queen's Official Residence | |
| The Queen's other main residence 'home' | ||
| Palace of Holyrood House | The Queen's Official Residence in Scotland | tickets |
| Balmoral Castle | The Queen's private Residence in Scotland | n/a |
Click here for a full list of residences
Other locations with Royal connections - if you're visiting the UK, you'll want to visit these!
| Houses of Parliament | The home of the Queen's Government |
tickets
(Summer only) |
| Probably London's scariest exhibition | ||
| Tower of London | The home of the Crown Jewels and a few miscreants | tickets |
| Balmoral Castle | The Queen's private Residence in Scotland | n/a |
Other useful websites to help you make the most of your stay
| As well as the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, 2012 is the year of the London Olympics and London Paralympics. This unofficial website gives the full rundown for the visitor | |
| 365 tickets | Don't pay full price for any attraction. Use 365 tickets to get up to 50% discount on the entry price. Print out your own tickets from the comfort of your armchair, then jump the ticket queue when you get there! Attractions, meals, theatre, boat rides. You name it, 365 tickets has it |
| lastminute.com | Always a good source of last minute deals and bargains |
| ancestry.co.uk | Interested in your ancestors? Look them up here and trace your roots on the world's largest genealogy website |