The Royal Mews is an important working department of the Royal Household. It is at the Royal Mews that the State vehicles are housed and maintained.

These include the magnificent Gold State Coach used for Coronations and those carriages used for Royal and State occasions, State Visits, Weddings and the State Opening of Parliament.

Visitors to the Royal Mews often witness the daily work of the Mews staff. Since 1843 the daily messenger brougham has set out from the Mews to collect and deliver post between Royal households.

Another regular task is that of collecting a newly appointed foreign ambassador from his official residence, conveying him in a carriage to Buckingham Palace for his audience with The Queen, and afterwards returning him to his residence.

On top of this the chores of feeding, exercising, mucking out and training take place throughout the day, making the Mews a unique place to visit.