State Apartments

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State Apartments

Georgian magnificence as a venue for the royal court

Available for evening hire only

The Cupola Room

About the venue

Room sizes:
Cupola Room: 11m x 11m
King's Drawing Room: 12m x 9m
King's Gallery: 29m x 11m

Cupola Room capacity:
80 for dinners
100 for receptions

Kings Drawing Room capacity:
90 for dinners
100 for receptions

Kings Gallery capacity:
96 for dinners
150 for receptions
170 theatre style

Features

  • Cupola Room, the principal state room in the palace, where Queen Victoria was christened in 1819
  • King’s Gallery, hung with masterpieces, including works by Bassano, and the famous wind dial
  • King’s Drawing Room with its magnificent ceiling by William Kent
  • Enchanted Palace Exhibition from 26th March 2010 to 2012

Best for…

The State Apartments are excellent for hosting dinners and receptions and may be combined with a reception in the Sunken Garden. The King's Gallery has also accommodated concerts in combination with a dinner and reception for up to 170 people.

Further information

Book or enquire online: The State Apartments

Kensington Palace events team
Email: kensingtonpalaceevents@hrp.org.uk
Tel: 020 3166 6115
Fax: 020 3166 6110

Kensington Palace
London
W8 4PX

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A little history of the space…

Formal routines of court life and royal business were conducted in the State Apartments. The arrangement of the rooms was dictated by their function as a setting for the exercise and expression of the monarch’s authority.

In George I’s time, lavish festivities were held on 1 August, the official anniversary of the King’s accession, and on 28 May, his birthday. On this occasion the Virginian William Byrd wrote in his diary that he ‘dressed … very fine and went to Kensington, being the King’s birthday, and at about 12 went to Sir Wilfred Lawson’s and we went together and found a great crowd in the Gallery, where the King saw company.’

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