Windsor Castle

The oldest and biggest inhabited castle in the world is Windsor Castle. It has served as the royal residence of the British monarchy for for a thousand years. Her Majesty The Queen calls it home and spends the majority of her private weekends there. When the Queen is in residence, the Round Tower flies the Queen's standard. Windsor is still a very active royal residence. The castle is frequently utilized for official ceremonies and other celebrations. The Queen frequently hosts state visits from foreign kings and presidents here. When a single table is decked with china and silver gilt from the Royal Collection and seats 160 guests, Saint George's Hall offers an impressive setting for a state supper.

Hugh Roberts, an early 20th century art historian, called the opulent state suites in the castle's early 19th century "a beautiful and unequaled sequence of rooms largely recognized as the finest and most comprehensive embodiment of later Georgian taste." The 15th-century St. George's Chapel is located inside the castle walls and is regarded by historian John Martin Robinson as "one of the supreme achievements of English Perpendicular Gothic" architecture.

Location: Berkshire, England