Kew Palace

A royal palace, intimately yours.

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Kew, Surrey

The smallest royal palace.

Kew Palace is Britain's smallest royal palace, a red-brick Georgian house within the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, once the family home of King George III and Queen Charlotte. Hired on an exclusive-use basis for intimate weddings, it offers a ceremony in the State Rooms, a candlelit dinner in the Georgian Royal Kitchens, and summer drinks in the enclosed Queen's Garden.

A Ceremony in the State Rooms.

Couples marry in the Georgian State Rooms, the King's Dining Room or the Queen's Drawing Room, panelled and hung with old master paintings and lit by candlelight, then move to the Royal Kitchens for a wedding dinner among the open ranges and whitewashed vaults. In summer the enclosed Queen's Garden opens for drinks beneath the red-brick walls, a small, complete royal wedding from vows to reception.

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A Candlelit Dinner in the Royal Kitchens.

Dining is arranged on a dry-hire basis with approved caterers, so the menu is built around the couple, from a seasonal British wedding breakfast to a table shaped by a particular tradition, with full dietary and cultural catering. The dinner is most memorably set in the Georgian Royal Kitchens, the long scrubbed tables and open range lit by candlelight, where cooks once prepared royal banquets.

A Royal House

Britain's smallest royal palace, a red-brick Georgian home of c.1631, hired whole for an intimate wedding.

The State Rooms

Panelled Georgian rooms hung with paintings, the King's Dining Room and the Queen's Drawing Room, for the ceremony.

The Royal Kitchens

A candlelit wedding dinner among the open ranges and whitewashed vaults where royal banquets were once cooked.

The Queen's Garden

An enclosed seventeenth-century parterre of clipped box and a fountain, for summer drinks beneath the palace.

A Seventeenth-Century Garden, Enclosed.

Immediately behind the palace lies the Queen's Garden, laid out in seventeenth-century style with a parterre of clipped box, a central fountain, a raised gazebo and a sunken garden, planted with the herbs and flowers a Stuart household would have known. Enclosed by high hedges and the red-brick walls of the palace, it is a private, formal, faintly secret place, and in summer it opens for a wedding's drinks and photographs, the fountain playing and the palace glowing behind.

Accommodation

The State Rooms, the Royal Kitchens, the Queen's Garden.

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Location

Kew, within the Royal Botanic Gardens

Kew Palace stands within the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, on the Surrey bank of the Thames in Richmond upon Thames, a short walk from Kew Green. It is steps from Kew Bridge and Kew Gardens stations, minutes from Richmond, and within easy reach of central London and Heathrow, so guests reach a royal palace and a world garden with ease, with hotels of every kind nearby.

Pricing and What to Expect

A royal palace, entirely yours for an intimate wedding.

Kew Palace is Britain's smallest royal palace, a red-brick Georgian house within the Royal Botanic Gardens, hired for intimate, exclusive-use weddings through Historic Royal Palaces. Couples marry in the State Rooms, dine in the Georgian Royal Kitchens, and gather in the enclosed Queen's Garden, for a wedding of around thirty to forty guests in the former home of George III and Queen Charlotte. Pricing is quoted on enquiry; the LWD team makes the introduction.

All pricing is indicative. Final investment varies by date, guest count, menu, and bespoke requirements. Contact the venue directly for a tailored proposal.

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