Onion room at Buckingham Palace, overnight place for the coffin of the queen, was the backdrop for the monarch first Christmas broadcast in color in 1967.
The room, named after the large bay window, has also hosted dignitaries and members of the royal family. family cases.
In 2000, the Queen Mother held private family lunch there to celebrate her 100th birthday.
Photograph of the Bow Room from 1942. features in young Princess Elizabeth and her parents meeting with Eleanor Roosevelt, who traveled to the UK to visit US troops and observe operations behind the lines.
Originally conceived as a library, the space is used for receptions like a waiting room for those who receive private the audience with Queen, and this is the room through which guests enter the garden, attending royal garden parties.
