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Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens, which has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century and is still the official London residence. Today, the State Rooms are open to the public and managed by the independent charity Historic Royal Palaces. The offices and private accommodation areas of the Palace remain the responsibility of the Royal Household, who maintains it

Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, best known for holding the Prom concerts each summer since 1941. It has a capacity of up to 5,272 seats. Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage and it has become one of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings. Annually, it hosts more than 390 shows in the main auditorium, including classical, rock, and pop concerts.

Harrods is a high-end department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation, and Air Harrods, and to Harrods Buenos Aires, sold by Harrods in 1922 and closed as of 2011, with plans announced to re-open in 2013. The store has 330 departments covering one million sq. feet of space

The museum is a world-renowned centre of research specialising in taxonomy, identification, and conservation. Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Charles Darwin. The museum is especially famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons and ornate architecture, sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature, both exemplified by the large Diplodocus cast which dominates the vaulted central hall

The original early 19th-century interior designs in Buckingham Palace include widespread use of brightly coloured Scagliola with blue and pink lapis. King Edward VII oversaw a partial redecoration in a Belle Époque cream and gold colour scheme. Many smaller reception rooms are furnished in the Chinese regency style. The palace has 775 rooms and a private garden.