{"id":2434722,"date":"2026-05-27T22:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2434722"},"modified":"2026-05-27T22:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:22:11","slug":"public-tours-of-queen-elizabeths-private-rooms-at-holyroodhouse-are-another-way-to-make-money-for-royal-charities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/public-tours-of-queen-elizabeths-private-rooms-at-holyroodhouse-are-another-way-to-make-money-for-royal-charities\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Tours of Queen Elizabeth\u2019s Private Rooms at Holyroodhouse Are Another Way to Make Money for Royal Charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/king-charles-highgrove\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">The gardens at Highgrove House<\/a>, King Charles\u2019s Gloucestershire home, have been open to the public since 1996.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">According to Richard Williams, Learning Curator for The Royal Collection, the opening of the rooms at Holyroodhouse, which will include the Royal Breakfast Room, the Queen\u2019s Dressing Room and the Sitting Room, is a major money spinner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cWhat\u2019s so special about the rooms at Holyroodhouse is that they give a totally new insight into the private lives of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. To see where they felt most comfortable when they were off duty gives us a real insight into them as people,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cThe rooms look just as they were when the Queen and Prince Philip lived in them. In the Queen\u2019s dressing room are three outfits that she wore during Royal Week. There\u2019s a garden party outfit, an evening dress and a day dress from when she opened Scottish Parliament.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iJvQnD cOWUYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-fnduJP iaVSwI asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kFnjvc eKnjjD responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jKunQM gjCCFj AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-bpPcvW kSFnyR caption AssetEmbedCaption-eZIMNW gMgneI asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionText-cQpRdU fayyTV hbiMYj caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>The Royal Breakfast Room, where the Queen and Prince Philip would dine while in residence<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionCredit-cUgOGk hpNsbY hRFzlA caption__credit\">Helen Pugh\/Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2026\/Royal Collection Trust<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">There\u2019s a TV set in the front room and two settees facing each other. One of them has a small teddy bear in tartan which was the Queen\u2019s favorite and always brought out and put in the same spot for the Queen when she stayed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Unlike the state rooms and apartments at Buckingham Palace, Holyroodhouse feels more like a home than a palace. \u201cThe paintings on the walls are not the old masters but contemporary Scottish paintings that the Queen and Duke acquired, so you get to see their personal taste in art,\u201d added Williams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">According to the Royal Collection, tours of the private rooms at Holyroodhouse will run through September 10, 2026, and will take small groups behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iJvQnD cOWUYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-fnduJP iaVSwI asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kFnjvc eKnjjD responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jKunQM gjCCFj AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Clothing Coat Dressing Room Indoors Room Furniture Accessories Bag and Handbag\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a1715e96c8a4c4195fdf7b6\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/VF0526_Queens-Apartment_05.jpg 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a1715e96c8a4c4195fdf7b6\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/VF0526_Queens-Apartment_05.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a1715e96c8a4c4195fdf7b6\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/VF0526_Queens-Apartment_05.jpg 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a1715e96c8a4c4195fdf7b6\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/VF0526_Queens-Apartment_05.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a1715e96c8a4c4195fdf7b6\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/VF0526_Queens-Apartment_05.jpg 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a1715e96c8a4c4195fdf7b6\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/VF0526_Queens-Apartment_05.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a1715e96c8a4c4195fdf7b6\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/VF0526_Queens-Apartment_05.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a1715e96c8a4c4195fdf7b6\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/VF0526_Queens-Apartment_05.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-bpPcvW kSFnyR caption AssetEmbedCaption-eZIMNW gMgneI asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionText-cQpRdU fayyTV hbiMYj caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Three outfits on display in the Dressing Room: a purple coat with an Isle of Skye tartan shawl by Scottish designer Sandra Murray (left); a white tweed coat by Karl Ludwig van Rehse (center); and a silk evening dress designed by John Anderson (right)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionCredit-cUgOGk hpNsbY hRFzlA caption__credit\">Helen Pugh\/Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2026\/Royal Collection Trust<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.vanityfair.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gardens at Highgrove House, King Charles\u2019s Gloucestershire home, have been open to the public since 1996. According to Richard Williams, Learning Curator for The Royal Collection, the opening of the rooms at Holyroodhouse, which will include the Royal Breakfast Room, the Queen\u2019s Dressing Room and the Sitting Room, is a major money spinner. \u201cWhat\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2434723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[183049,24085,27155,307248],"class_list":["post-2434722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-king-charles-iii","tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","tag-royals","tag-scotland"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Public-Tours-of-Queen-Elizabeths-Private-Rooms-at-Holyroodhouse-Are.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434724,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434722\/revisions\/2434724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2434723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}