Inside the 王室の waiting room: How Buckingham Palace's Centre Room has played host to nervous Kings, Queens and other 王室のs - and even a 勝利を得た Winston Churchill - before they stepped out の上に the most famous balcony in the world

• e-mail

It is known as the 王室の waiting room - where for more than 150 years kings, queens and 王室のs?have mingled - often nervously - before walking on to the world's most famous balcony.

Buckingham Palace's Centre Room, which will be open to 訪問者s for the first time this summer as part of an 開始 of up of the 王室の home's East Wing, has been a host for 神経s and excitement since the 統治する of Queen Victoria.

It is now home to a newly 回復するd glass chandelier that is 形態／調整d to 似ている a lotus flower and two Chinese 18th-century silk 塀で囲む hangings that were 現在のd to Victoria by the emperor of 中国 to 示す her Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

But, beyond the beauty of the ornate furnishings, it is the conversations that the roya ls have had inside it ahead of their balcony 外見s that are most fascinating.

Meghan Markle, on her first balcony 遠出 in 2018, 報道によれば 認める to her husband Prince Harry that she was 'nervous', so it was in the Centre Room where she would have sought to 静める those jitters.

It is known as the 王室の waiting room - where for more than 150 years kings, queens and 王室のs have mingled - often nervously - before walking on to the world's most famous balcony

It was in the Centre Room that the 君主 用意が出来ている to make her final wave to the public from the famous Palace 壇・綱領・公約 at her Platinum Jubilee in 2022

Prince William and Catherine, now the Princess of むちの跡s, 株d a kiss on the balcony when they married in 2011

The room has also been host to at least one wisp of cigarette smoke. Prince Henry, the late Duke of Gloucester, was pictured enjoying a crafty puff on the balcony threshold in May 1952, when Queen Elizabeth II oversaw the first 軍隊／機動隊ing the Colour 儀式 of her 統治する.?

At her 載冠（式）／即位（式） the に引き続いて year, four-year-old Prince Charles and his then two-year-old sister Princess Anne would likely have been jumping up and 負かす／撃墜する with excitement in the Centre Room before they 直面するd the public with their family.? ??

During her 70 years on the 王位, there were dozens more balcony 遠出s that would have been に先行するd by the 集会 of the 王室のs in the Centre Room.

At her Silver Jubilee in 1977,?Lord Mountbatten 解任するd in his diaries how he hung 支援する before the Queen called him out.?

He wrote: 'I then stayed 支援する 慎重に to let the Family go on but was sent for by Lilibet no いっそう少なく than three times 説 she 手配中の，お尋ね者 me to come up and go out on the balcony.

On VE Day in 1945, Winston Churchill joined the 王室の Family - 含むing Princess Elizabeth in uniform - on the palace's balcony.?A 飛行機で行く on the 塀で囲む in the Centre Room would have seen him engage in small talk before he stepped outside to the roar of a jubilant, war 疲れた／うんざりした （人が）群がる

The Centre Room is seen above in 1939. Its chandelier was 初めは in Brighton Pavilion

Four-year-old Prince Charles and his sister Princess Anne, then two, are seen on the Buckingham Palace balcony with the Queen, Prince Philip and other 王室のs on the day of the 載冠（式）／即位（式） in 1952

At the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977, Lord Mountbatten 解任するd in his diaries how he hung 支援する before Her Majesty called him out. He wrote: 'I then stayed 支援する 慎重に to let the Family go on but was sent for by Lilibet no いっそう少なく than three times 説 she 手配中の，お尋ね者 me to come up and go out on the balcony'

Meghan Markle , on her first balcony 遠出 in 2018, 報道によれば 認める to her husband Prince Harry that she was 'nervous', so it was in the Centre Room where she would have sought to 静める those jitters

The room has also been host to at least one wisp of cigarette smoke. Prince Henry, the late Duke of Gloucester, was pictured enjoying a crafty puff on the balcony threshold in May 1952, when Queen Elizabeth II oversaw the first 軍隊／機動隊ing the Colour 儀式 of her 統治する

'When I arrived she asked me what had been 延期するing me and said that she 手配中の，お尋ね者 me to be there when the family went out together so I was pulled out and stood behind her and I was glad that this happened because I would never have believed the sight of the （人が）群がるs if I hadn't been out on the balcony and seen for myself.'

He 追加するd that the sight of The 商店街, which was '十分な from end to end', was 'staggering'.?

It was in the Centre Room that the 君主 用意が出来ている to make her final wave to the public from the famous Palace 壇・綱領・公約 at her Platinum Jubilee in 2022.

The に引き続いて year, King Charles gathered his new 'slimmed 負かす／撃墜する' 君主国 in the same 位置／汚点／見つけ出す before the 伝統的な balcony 外見 at his 素晴らしい 載冠（式）／即位（式）.?

On the day of the majestic wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1981, the new 王室の couple kissed on the balcony.

And, five years later, when Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson tied the knot, they echoed Charles and Diana's kiss with a smooch of their own.?

Prince William and Catherine, now the Princess of むちの跡s, also 株d a kiss on the balcony when they married in 2011.

The Centre Room, Buckingham Palace, South-East Corner, 1939

Building work takes place in the Centre Room at Buckingham Palace in London, 2021

Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary after their wedding in November 1947

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with their baby son, Prince Edward, on the balcony at Buckingham Palace, during 軍隊／機動隊ing the Colour, June 13, 1964

Prince Charles and Princess Diana kissing on the Buckingham Palace balcony on the day of the 王室の wedding in 1981

But the 王室の waiting room has also played host to some of Britain's most 井戸／弁護士席-known 政治家，政治屋s.

On VE Day in 1945, Winston Churchill joined the 王室の Family - 含むing Princess Elizabeth in uniform - on the palace's balcony.

A 飛行機で行く on the 塀で囲む in the Centre Room would have seen him engage in small talk before he stepped outside to the roar of a jubilant, war 疲れた／うんざりした （人が）群がる.?

Seven years earlier, when the ill-運命／宿命d Munich 協定 was struck with Hitler, George VI chose to bring out 首相 Neville Chamberlain - the architect of the 取引，協定 - の上に the balcony.?

王室の historian Hugo Vickers told MailOnline: 'At times of 国家の 祝賀, the 焦点（を合わせる） of London turns to the balcony of Buckingham Palace.?

'Queen Victoria was the first to appear on it in 1851 during the 祝賀s for the 開始 of the 広大な／多数の／重要な 展示.?

'One of her granddaughters, Princess Alice of Albany appeared on it, 老年の 4, at the time of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, and remarkably she was out there again after 軍隊／機動隊ing the Colour in June 1977 at the time of Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee ? then called Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.

'George VI brought Neville Chamberlain out rather controversially after his ‘Peace in our Time’ visit to Germany in 1938.?

'More popular was the 外見 of Winston Churchill with the 王室の Family on VE Day in 1945, Princess Elizabeth in uniform.?

'The Queen Mother appeared fifty years later with the Queen and Princess Margaret to celebrate the 周年記念日.

Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret seen with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the day of the 載冠（式）／即位（式） in 1937

The 王室の family gather on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London for the 軍隊／機動隊ing the Colour 儀式, June 1989

The 未来 Queen Elizabeth II waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London, with her younger sister Margaret and her grandparents King George V and Queen Mary, on the occasion of their Silver Jubilee, May 6, 1935

'It has become a feature of modern day 王室の weddings that the bride and groom appear on the balcony.?

'In 1981 there was the first famous 王室の kiss between Charles and Diana. Now this is 推定する／予想するd.?

'In 1986 Andrew and Sarah Ferguson pretended not to hear the 需要・要求するs of the （人が）群がる, but then went for it. William and Catherine were more 抑制するd in 2 011.'

He 追加するd: 'The last time the Queen was ever 公然と seen in London was at the end of her Platinum Jubilee 祝賀s in 2022.

'She had 行方不明になるd many of the 祝賀s but decided at the last minute to come up from Windsor by road.?

'She appeared in a 有望な green coat, waving to the adoring （人が）群がる for the last time.'

Queen Victoria was the first to use the Centre Room, which was was built between 1847 and 1849 as part of an 拡張 to house her growing family.??