We were up bright and early this morning, first stop was our lovely full English breakfast at the hotel, then a hop on the bus to Buckingham Palace as we had tickets for the first tour of the day. We arrived just in time for the start of our tour, the little people very excited to be going into the Palace and I was very excited to be seeing 'The Dress'. We collected our head sets and selected the Family Tour, it was great to walk around and hear what each room is used for. We saw the entrance that William and Kate arrived at for their wedding and then walked up the same grand stair case - such a great thing to do. Each room is so beautiful and filled with such amazing artwork. The dress was in the main hall and looked beautiful. Daisy loved doing the tour listening to the headsets, Samuel also enjoyed it but started to lose interest towards the end. Unfortunately you are not allowed to take photos until you are outside in the gardens. We spent some time in the gardens before hitting the gift shop where Samuel purchased a Coldstream Guard outfit complete with a Bearskin and as soon as I had paid for it he was stripping off his clothes to put it on!
We walked through the gardens to the exit, which was at the back of the grounds so we walked round to the front of the palace just in time for the Changing of the Guards and we managed to get a great spot to watch it from too. We then walked up the Mall, through Piccadilly Circus to Soho to meet Uncle David, Aunty Dawn, Bob and Mia for lunch. After a tasty lunch we walked down to M&M World in Leicester Square - four floors all about M&M's. It was then on to Convent Garden to watch the street entertainers and have a tea/coffee break. After chilling around Convent Garden until late afternoon we headed back to our hotel for some much needed rest.
Dinner was Chinese in the Southbank, a great way to end a lovely day.
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