Queen Elizabeth opens some of Windsor Castle’s maximum personal spaces.
Starting Saturday, visitors to the 950-year-old castle, home to Prince Harry’s 2018 wedding with Meghan Markle, will be able to enjoy the beautiful parterres and bodies of water from the wonderful East Terrace Garden for the first time in decades.
Created through George IV as a remote retreat in the 1820s, the giant French-style lawn is governed by the castle’s historic facade and features elements such as “cut yjo domes and flower beds containing 3,500 roses planted in a geometric trend around a central fountain,” says one of the Royal Collections TrustArray the charity that manages the opening of palaces and the department store that accompanies them.
At its center there is also a bronze lotus fountain in a design created through Prince Philip in 1971.
The real history of the terrace is even deeper. Originally the site of a bowling alley built for Charles II in the 1670s, it was largely replanted through Prince Albert in the 19th century and has become the site of giant lawn parties organized through Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in the early 20th century.
During World War II, a young Princess Elizabeth and her sister, Princess Margaret, won a small plot of land to grow tomatoes, sweet corn and dwarf beans on the lawn and has since served as a dramatic backdrop for several official Portraits of the Queen, adding a portrait of Annie Leibovitz in 2016.
Although East Terrace is as large as anywhere else, the castle’s newly opened segment, founded through William The Conqueror in 1070, is likely to be the ultimate fun.
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On Thursdays and Fridays in August, visitors accompanied by young young people will have a special for the castle moat garden, which hides under the iconic circular tower.
The secluded garden dates back to the reign of Edward III and is said to be that of The Knight’s Tale, written through Geoffrey Chaucer in 1400.
Most importantly, it will give young people the opportunity to participate in guided walks, participate in artistic activities, picnic on the lawn or, most importantly, climb the castle lump like a true knight in shining armor.
There is only one catch: visitors will not be able to see Queen Elizabeth herself. While the 94-year-old royal great-grandmother spent most of the year isolating herself in Windsor with Prince Philip, 99, who attended the secret wedding of Princess Beatrice and Edward Mapell in July, the queen flew to Scotland on Tuesday for her birthday. . Summer retreat at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire.