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Buckingham Palace is the monarch's principal state residence. |
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And at its heart is a proclamation of royal authority. |
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If you had to pick just one room |
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which encapsulates what Buckingham Palace represents, |
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it's this one. |
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The Throne Room. |
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And you're in no doubt where the seat of power lies. |
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The two chairs on a raised dais, |
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one for Queen Elizabeth the Second, |
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one for her consort, Prince Philip. |
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And you might pick |
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that the Queen has sat on that seat many times during her reign |
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and received dozens of heads of state here. |
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But you'd be wrong. |
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This room is purely symbolic, |
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and she's only sat on that chair the once, |
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at her coronation in 1953. |
