The Throne Room at Buckingham Palace was designed for investitures and ceremonial receptions of dignitaries.
In the early years of the reign of Queen Victoria, it was also used by Her Majesty as a ballroom. The Queen was very fond of music and dancing, and before the death of Prince Albert in 1861, numerous concerts and balls were held at Buckingham Palace. Several of these occasions were 'bals costumés', such as the Stuart Ball held in the Throne Room in 1851, when all the guests dressed in the style of Charles II’s court.
The Throne Room is now used principally for the reception of formal addresses on important occasions, such as those present to The Queen’s Jubilees in 1977 and 2002.
Royal wedding photographs have also been taken in this room, including those of Princess Elizabeth (later The Queen) and The Duke of Edinburgh in 1947 and The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011.
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