The bits open to the public that they missed out was St Georges Chapel - no photography and the Dolls Houses - kept in semi darkness to stop degrading the fabrics. The Dolls Houses have a narrow route around it which creates a bottle neck and long queues. I think they have a changing of the guard everyday during the summer and on certain days during the winter. The website publishes days and times. From outside the castle you can see the new guard march and band in and the old guard march out for free. The actual change over takes place outside the chapel and you need to arrive in time to make your way through part of the castle to get there if you want to see it. The big ass piece of grass sometimes have military band playing on it after the guard changes. The headphones have commentary and are available in lots of different languages near the entrance to the Castle. It is quite expensive but if you get the ticket date stamped before you leave it is valid for a whole year. I don't think the castle has ever been besieged or taken by force but the keep at the top of the mound would be the final point of retreat.
@pi1872
3 ай бұрын
Thank you 👍😊
@brigidsingleton1596
3 ай бұрын
Windsor Castle is _one_ of the actual lived-in _homes_ to the British Royal Family, so their private quarters are closed off to the public's access... 🙂That's likely to be why you didn't get to see as much of it as you thought you might.
@pi1872
3 ай бұрын
Makes sense
@tomnicholson2115
3 ай бұрын
Interesting reaction, im glad you got to see some of the inside of the castle. Before the St George's hall fire had spread to far the castle staff dragged out most of the stuff inside, i think only two items of historical interest were destroyed, and the walls were left mostly undamaged, so its only the roof that had to be completely restored. Even so that took five years and cost about 80 million pounds to fully repair I believe.
@pi1872
3 ай бұрын
OH, WOW, thank you thats alot of pounds
@tomnicholson2115
3 ай бұрын
@@pi1872 Ok, I'd heard it was 80 million but can't remember where I'd heard that, I just checked again and it seems it was 36 million, a lot less obviously but still not cheap. Sorry about that apparently wrong fact. Maybe that was the value of the items inside. Can't say but I got it wrong all the same.
@jonathangoll2918
3 ай бұрын
I believe that much of the Castle was remodelled by King George IV in the 1820s, so much of what you see dates from then rather than from mediaeval times. However, when they rebuilt after the 1992 fire, they discovered that the original mediaeval walls were still there behind everything, and I believe the Round Tower is original, as also is the massive and beautiful St George's Chapel, where Elizabeth II is buried. I don't think you may have realised that the Royal art collection is one of the finest in the world; for example, there are 100 Leonardo da Vinci drawings. But there are so many more castles, most much bigger and more ancient than St Michael's Mount. Caerphilly, Caernarvon, Harlech, Beaumaris, Carreg Cennen, Pembroke, Raglan, Chepstow, Goodrich, Warwick, Stokesay, Bodiam, Dover, the Tower of London, Alnwick, Bamburgh, Edinburgh, Tantallon, Dunnottar, Stirling, to name a few. Castles which are a bit modified and still lived by their families include Arundel, the beautiful Broughton Castle, and Berkeley. Then there are all the 'stately homes', often with fabulous art collections, such as Blenheim Palace, Chatsworth, Woburn, Althorpe, Badminton, and many more. Many mediaeval castles did have toilets, called 'garderobes', set into the walls. I'm afraid the waste usually went into the moat!
@pi1872
3 ай бұрын
100 da Vinci drawings that's crazy . Someone else also mentioned Warwick Castle. I'm going to check it out .
@rhondafoy8009
3 ай бұрын
I loved visiting Windsor Castle, one of my favourites. I was blown away when I walked down the aisle of St George’s chapel to discover I was standing right above Henry Vllls burial tomb
@pi1872
3 ай бұрын
Oh wow
@davidwatts-hw2dh
3 ай бұрын
Cannuck mate. ALL of this belongs to us, English. NO King will survive without the will of the people.
@brigidsingleton1596
3 ай бұрын
I didn't quite hear what you said... Did you say about Windsor Castle being bigger / more impressive (?) than "St.Michael's Mount" ? Or "Mound" ? It's _Mount_ - 'St Michaels Mount' - down there in Cornwall. I've never been (I'm in a wheelchair now, so all of those steps would be beyond me / and my daughter / carer who pushes me...!! (because my wheelchair has a 'fixed axle', so cannot be steered easily by me) ...but like you, I enjoy watching videos which show and explain details about the history (etc), of our amazing and ancient country's heritage. I shall be 71 this coming August ('24) but I am continuing to learn through videos such as the ones you watch, react to and share with us - thank-you, as I don't travel these days... (except to frequent hospital appointments !!) so, watching YT videos, learning along with some of you Reactors, I can enjoy seeing the UK - etc - through fresh young eyes and well as my own old ones!! Thanks again. I hope you're enjoying learning as you watch these too. 🤞🇨🇦🤔🏴❤️🇬🇧🙂🖖
@pi1872
3 ай бұрын
Yes, i was very impressed with Winsor Castle. I did like it more than St. Michaels Mount. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. I really do appreciate it 🇨🇦❤️👍🇬🇧
@brigidsingleton1596
3 ай бұрын
@@pi1872 Thank-you. I appreciate your sharing these viewings with us... I like to learn along side so I enjoy them as much as you do, maybe slightly more, as I cannot travel, so I can see what you see, view and learn as you do and hopefully someday can do the same if you can visit the Uk to see it in person, so to speak! 🤞🇨🇦🤔🏴❤️🇬🇧🙂🖖
@mariapicot
3 ай бұрын
I live just up the road from Windsor castle. Tbh the novelty has worn off. I live in one of the king’s properties ( crown estates) cost an arm and a leg to rent. But you don’t get hassle . Good landlord 👍 castle beautiful. We see nearly every day outside our house the royals going and coming. The sad thing is like you say “ people get used to it “ and don’t give it a second thought. Sad really
@deborahwilliams1036
3 ай бұрын
It's not dad, its brilliant that you and they can go about your business, everyone gets complacent about their homes, cos it's familiar and comforting ... fantastic place to live it's beautiful there
@harrymarshall
3 ай бұрын
I hope you find more videos that show and perhaps describe the interior more,, i went there as a little kid in the 80s and saw quite a lot, far more than these slightly disappointing videos 🎉 other places that are recommended Arundel Castle,, much more approachable in size and has a great armoury room incl, the giant sword of Bevis,, Avebury stone circle and Solsbury Hill, two neolithic monuments one contains a Victorian village and unlike Stonehenge you are free to roam,, the city walls of York and the York minster cathedral,, Canterbury Cathedral that features in the tales by Chaucer,, Tintagel Castle the legendary birthplace of Uther Pendragon,, Hever Castle in Kent a Tudor stronghold,, Skara Brae in Scotland an extremely ancient village,, the Pitts River museum & Natural History museum in Oxford,, Westminster Abbey that holds the coronation,, you may even like Stratford upon Avon, Shakespeare birthplace,, or Blenheim Palace Churchill's birthplace,, Harlech Castle is formidable in Wales so is too Caerphilly Castle,, the Giants Causeway and the faery flag of Dunvegan both are fascinating,, Geevor tin mine and the pew of Atargatis in Zennor church,,the Staffordshire Hoard at Birmingham museum,, the life and writings of Alfred Wainwright 🎉😊etc etc
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