1952

Buckingham Palace is in London, England. It was built around 1705. It’ s famous because Queen Elizabeth of England lives there. She became queen in 1952. Buckingham Palace is a big and beautiful building, a flag flies on the palace. It flies on top of the palace when the queen is there. Queen Elizabeth and her family lives on the second floor of the palace. The queen also has her office in the palace where she meets with presidents, kings, and politicians. Queen Elizabeth often asks some important people to have dinner at the palace. She also has three garden parties in the summer. She invites 9000 people to each party. Queen Elizabeth’ s day starts at 7 : 00 in the morning. Seven people take care of her. One person prepares her clothes. Another person takes care of her dogs. The queen loves dogs. Right now she has eight dogs. Everyday a man brings food for the dogs to Queen Elizabeth’ s room. The queen puts the food in the bowls with a silver spoon. At 8: 30 every morning, the queen has breakfast with her husband, Prince Philip. They drink a special coffee with hot milk. During breakfast, a musician plays Scottish music outside. Then Queen Elizabeth works in her office the rest of the morning. After lunch, she visits hospitals or schools.