VENUES
KEW PALACE
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Kew Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey
Kew Palace was the favourite family home of King George III, Queen Charlotte and some of their 15 children. Under George III’s father, Frederick Prince of Wales, Kew grew from a modest pleasure garden to a centre for botanical research and new ideas about landscape gardening. As the British Empire was founded great explorers sent back specimens from all over the world and gave Kew its peculiar world view.
The palace reopened to the public in April 2006 after a widely acclaimed restoration.
The tiny 'doll's house' of a royal residence re-creates the palace as it was used by George III and some of his family
Kew is perfect as a summer venue for an intimate group of friends, family or very special corporate guests, who can enjoy a private tour of the house before sitting down to dinner in the King’s Dining Room.