Portrait Gallery

Another room of white marble, the Portrait Gallery is another of the few rooms visits are permitted in under strict supervision. Half pillars arch out of the wall to separate each gilded frame - frames that have their own curtains to draw against the damaging sunlight that streams through the floor to ceiling tiled window at the far end of the long room. The portraits hang in order, the royal line on one side and their wedded consorts on the other. Each member of the royal family, by tradition has their image put in its place when he or she takes the crown.