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The great kitchen at Windsor is the oldest working kitchen in the country, and has been around to serve some 32 of the 39 monarchs who have called Windsor home. Fun fact: the clocks in the kitchen are always five minutes ahead, to ensure the Queen always gets her food on time.
Find out which are the foods Queen Elizabeth II would never, ever eat.
After spending a large portion of her childhood at Windsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth holds the castle near to her heart. So much so that when she took the throne in 1952, she decreed the castle would become her principal weekend retreat. She had the castle’s private apartments renovated, and took up residence there with her husband and their two children.
If the royal standard is flown over Windsor castle, it means the Queen is present. If she’s not in residence, the Union flag will be flying instead.
The Queen employs hundreds of people to keep Windsor Castle running smoothly. Around 150 of those workers have housing accommodations at Windsor Castle.
The motte on which the round tower sits is the oldest part of the castle, and was made from the soil that was thrown up when a ditch was dug around the castle. Henry II erected the tower itself in 1170. Guests can now climb the 200 steps to see the view from the top.
And the castle’s horological conservator, Robert Ball, takes care of them all. “The two clock-change weekends are the busiest times of the year for us, as we take on the challenge of adjusting hundreds of clocks over two days,” he told the Royal Collection Trust. The Royal Collection contains many fascinating and extraordinary timepieces with highly complex mechanisms, so great care has to be taken with each one.
