London, England travel: Buckingham Palace slideshow London, England travel. Our slideshow of Buckingham Palace, "All the Queen's Horses" and Green Park. Buckingham Palace is the official residence of the British monarch in London, becoming the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. More than a day trip from Thornbury Castle, and certainly worth the travel! Copyleft music by Noize Unitz. (You can view this video, and other travel videos in full-size and near-DVD quality, travel stills and more at www.jpmeyer.com). Thornbury Castle is part of the von Essen Group of hotels, "a private collection of individual country house hotels in the UK, each with a distinctive style and character of its own" according to www.vonessenhotels.co.uk, but we think of it as Real People having Real Fun!