Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in the Kensington, inside the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. It has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century, and is currently the authentic London house of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.

Today, the state rooms are open to the public and managed by way of the independent charity Historic Royal Palaces, a nonprofit employer that does not receive the public price range. The offices and the private accommodation areas of the palace continue to be the responsibility of the royal household and are maintained with the aid of the royal household property section. The palace additionally shows many art work and other objects from the royal collection. Kensington Palace was at first a -storey Jacobean mansion constructed by way of Sir George Coppin in 1605 inside the village of Kensington. The mansion changed into purchased in 1619 via Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham and was then called Nottingham House.