Buckingham Palace

American

noun

a residence of the British sovereigns since 1837, in London, England: built 1703.
the reigning British monarch or the royal family.

Buckingham Palace has denied the rumor.

Buckingham Palace British

noun

the London residence of the British sovereign: built in 1703, rebuilt by John Nash in 1821–36 and partially redesigned in the early 20th century

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At the time, Epstein was a money manager and jet-setting financier who, with his girlfriend Maxwell, was hobnobbing with the world's wealthiest from Buckingham Palace to Palm Beach and collecting powerful friends along the way.

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For those in Buckingham Palace braced for whatever might come next in this saga, that may be at least some consolation.

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Campaigners have taken a petition to Buckingham Palace to call on King Charles to stop the closure of the UK's oldest surviving Indian restaurant.

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For Buckingham Palace, it may have been an uncomfortable watch at times.

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Buckingham Palace has not publicly commented on the government's consideration of legislation to remove Andrew from the line of succession.

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