d the Royal Film Performances in London s West End, attended by someone from the Royal Family (the money from royal premi? res always goes to charity). The Queen s Christmas Speech to the Commonwealth is made on December 25 and lasted 10 minutes. In it the Queen usually talks about the past 12 months and her hopes the year ahead. In her Christmas speech broadcasted by radio and TV the Queen breaks the monarchs tradition of calling themselves we and just says I or my husband and I. Is also the Royal Variety Performance. The Royal Variety Performance takes place in a different UK theatre each year. The Queen and The Prince of Wales attend the performance on alternate years. The proceeds are donated to The Entertainment Artistes Benevolent Fund which cares for hundreds of entertainers throughout the UK who need help and assistance as a result of old age, ill-health, or hard times. Brinsworth House, in Twickenham, is the Fund «s dedicated nursing home, caring for elderly members of the entertainment profession.origins of the Royal Variety Performance date back to 1912, when the present Queen s grandparents, King George V, and Queen Mary, agreed to attend a »Royal Command Performance« at the Palace Theatre in London, in aid of the Variety Artistes » Benevolent Fund (the previous name of the Entertainment Artistes 'Benevolent Fund) and its proposed plans to build an extension to its Home for elderly entertainers, Brinsworth House. This first staging was a lavish occasion, and the theatre was decorated with 3 million roses draped around the auditorium and over the boxes.
6. Royal residences
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Throughout the centuries, Britain «s kings and queens have built or bought palaces to serve as family homes, workplaces and as centres of government. The residences still standing today can be roughly divided into three categories: Official Royal residences, Private Estates, Unoccupied Royal residences.Royal residences are held in trust for future generations. As well as being family homes for members of the Royal Family, these are also working buildings which are used for housing the offices of staff from the Royal Household, entertaining official guests and hosting formal events and ceremonies. The best-known of these residences are probably Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.Estates are owned by the Queen and are often used to generate private income through farming or public access to Royal residences, they also house some well-known private residences such as Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House.Castle on the Balmoral Estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland is the private residence of the Queen. Beloved by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Balmoral Castle has remained a favourite residence for The Queen and her family during the summer holiday period in August and September. The Castle is located on the large Balmoral Estate, a working estate which aims to protect the environment while contributing to the local economy. The Estate grounds, gardens and the Castle Ballroom are open to visitors from the beginning of April to the end of July each year, under the management of the Balmoral Estate Office. Sandringham House in Norfolk has been the private home of four generations of Sovereigns since 1862. The Queen and other members of the Royal Family regularly spend Christmas at Sandringham and ...
