LEGO ARCHITECTURE 21029 BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Building Instructions, Page: 5 / 124

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Neither King George IV, who died in 1830, nor his younger
brother King William IV, who succeeded him but died in 1837,
would take up official residence in the palace. Instead, the
first royal to live in the palace would be Queen Victoria, who
moved there in 1837. When she married in 1840, the palace
soon became too small for both its official duties and her
growing family. The architect Edward Blore was asked to
enlarge the palace and design a new wing that would
enclose the central quadrangle. This new addition, facing The Mall, is the best-known part
of the palace today and is reproduced in this LEGO®
Architecture model. It also includes the famous balcony
used by the royal family to acknowledge the crowds on
national occasions.
[ There are over 40,000 light
bulbs in the palace ]