Forgive me if this seems a strange question, but in thinking about the Queen's apartments in both Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, does anyone know if they are similar layouts? On this site I have seen floorplans for her rooms at Buckingham Palace, but do not recall seeing any for Windsor. I would assume that the living arrangements are equally "grand." Also, how many personal items (e.g. clothes, pictures, whatnot's) would the Queen have taken to Windsor when she essentially moved there on a permanent basis? Perhaps she has duplicates of everything or so much of everything that this would not even be considered?
The Queens apartments at Windsor are actually very different to those in Buckingham Palace.
The 3 most private rooms at Windsor are a large beautifully decorated sitting room and a good sized bedroom decorated in pink satin and a boudoir and all 3 of those room are situated in Victoria tower one would have to pass from the grand corridor through the sovereigns staircase and through a lobby to get to these rooms so they are very private.
At Buckingham Palace the Queen has a sitting room with a large bow window which can be seen clearly when you look at the palace from the north side a large bedroom a dressing room an audience room and a private dining room. Her sitting room also doubles up as a study.
I haven't seen a picture of her sitting room, bedroom and dressing room at buckingham palace in this period but there are many photographs of these rooms in this thread showing how they were during the reign of Queen Victoria and later in the reign of Queen Mary as consort to George V.
The Queens apartments at Buckingham Palace are no way near as private as the busy kings corridor used much by staff runs down there fully length and pass prince Phillips rooms.
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