The Royal Kitchens
Britain's most perfectly preserved Georgian kitchens
Untouched since 1818, the copper-lined kitchens still feel as though the royal pastry chef has just stepped out.
A quiet corner of history
"The smallest, and most intimate, of all the royal palaces."
Built in 1631 as a merchant's red-brick Dutch House, Kew Palace became the country retreat where George III recovered from illness and where Queen Charlotte spent her final days. Its modest scale and family-worn rooms reveal a side of royal life rarely glimpsed elsewhere.