The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace

Today we were up early and after breakfast we went right down town because we wanted to see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.   The day before we had purchased advance  tickets to tour the palace right after the changing of the guard today.

To go into Buckingham Palace you have to go through security like at the airport. Your backpack had to go through xray machines and you had to walk through a scanner.  No pictures were allowed to be taken  in the palace

at the back of the palace was a reception area where you could have tea and cake etc.  We can officially say we dined at Buckingham Palace

The grounds around the palace are well kept