Windsor Castle with Renee!!

On Monday 14th July I caught 2 buses, two tubes and a train to meet Renee at Windsor Castle! It took just under 2 hours to get there but it was sooooooo worth it! This is the view we had of the castle walking up the shopping mall in Windsor- amazing isn't it?!

We paid the 15 pound entry and then we were off to explore the castle!!

Here are some of the pretty gardens surrounding the castle!

We were lucky enough to catch the changing of the guards at 11am. The process actually took about half an hour- they had a royal band playing along at the time also.

After that long process, and all those guards, we were left with just one guard in the end!

This is St George's Chapel- it was absoluely amazing inside but you werent allowed to take photos :( The inside of the chapel was just as impressive as the exterior- very intricate and detailed- very very pretty! St George's Chapel is one of the most beautiful ecclesiastical buildings in England and the burial place of 10 monarchs.

This is the view from just outside the State Apartments over Windsor.

We then went for a tour through the State Apartments, The Drawing Gallery and Queen Mary's Doll House which again you couldnt take photos of.

The State apartments are furnished with treasures from the Royal Collection- we got to see the queens bedroom, the kings bedroom, the dinning room, the guards rooms and many many more rooms. The furniture and paintings were very impressive- so much more elaborate and beautiful than i had imagined they would be. The State Apartments are lavishly decorated formal rooms which apparently are still used for state and official functions. The treasures in the Apartments include works of art by Canaletto, Holbein, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Rubens and Van Dyck, as well as the ceilings and woodwork of the rooms themselves. Also on display is a large collection of armour, including an etched gold suit of armour made for prince Hal. Here is a photo i found on the net of a room in the state apartments. Amazing hey?!


The Drawing Gallery housed an exhibition on the Prince of Wales to celebrate his Sixtieth Birthday. Selected from the Royal Collection and from His Royal Highness’s personal archive, the exhibition illustrated key moments in The Prince’s life and reflects his many interests, particularly music, theatre and the arts. Family photographs, favourite books and childhood memorabilia are shown alongside a small group of watercolours painted by His Royal Highness.

Queen Mary's Dolls' House is an amazing dolls' house built on a scale of 1 to 12. It contains working lifts, running water and electricity, and took 1500 craftsmen three years to complete. The idea of creating a dolls' house for the Queen was that of the King's cousin, Princess Marie Louise. Here's a photo of it I found on the net!

After we'd done the tour of the inside of the Castle, we had a walk around the castle grounds. Here's the Round Tower-

This is the area in the middle of Upper and Lower ward.

And here is Renee and I in the castle grounds with the Round Tower directly behind us.

And here's me just outside the Castle!

This is the street directly opposite the exit of the Castle- it was full of souveniers etc. And of course Queen Kel had to have her photo taken on the Royal thrown wearing the crown!! Hahahahaha!!

After we had a look at the souveniers, we went and had some lunch at a really cute cafe in Windsor- Cafe Rouge, had a bit of a wander around Windsor and then we both headed home. Such a great day!!