The Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace – described as one of the finest working stables in existence – is 200 years old this month.
It was where Queen Victoria founded a school, Queen Mary hosted a tea party, and Queen Elizabeth once filmed her Christmas broadcast inside, surrounded by her favourite animals and Sir David Attenborough.
It houses carriages used by the Royal Family, including the famously uncomfortable Gold State Coach used at coronations.
The stables were built in 1825 for King George IV, at a cost £65,000 (£7.8m in 2025 prices) and, unlike the palace proper, has been open to the public in one form or another throughout its history.
Described by Queen Elizabeth II as "a small village which belongs to Buckingham Palace", the mews is a working part of the palace, where horses and people live and work, and where carriages and cars support the work of the monarch.
Here are some images of the Royal Mews over the past 200 years.
