The garden party at Buckingham Palace was amazing. The gardens are just lovely and so amazing to have such an oasis in central London, there is so much wildlife there! You don't normally get to see the gardens if you are just visiting as they aren't open to the public so this was a rare chance for me.
When we arrived we walked through the gardens and made our way to the lawn. At 4pm the Queen came out of the Palace wearing bright pink, so was easy to see, followed by Prince Phillip and other minor royals. I saw Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and one other guy I recognised but couldn't place. Then we went over to the area where Princess Alexandra (the Patron of my charity) was and waited until she came over to see us. She didn't remember any of us but when we said where were from she got very excited. I had sent biogs of us (me and 3 trustees) over and she had clearly read and absorbed them. It turns out she had known (and I think had a soft spot/ romance with) one of the Trustees FIL.
After then the Royals moved to the Royal tea tent and we went for tea in the main tent. The food was lovely but very tiny! Cucumber sandwiches (no crusts!), tiny scones and jam and cake. I got a bit bored standing around making small talk with my Trustees but did some people watching and there was a really good band playing and we walked around a bit. After tea, we stood and watched the Queen leave and then left ourselves. All in all, it was lots of fun. I'm so glad I got to go!
Here is a link to some pics I found on the web of the day
