VIP Kensington Palace & Gardens Royal Tea Crown Experience
4.4
33 Ratings
Greater London
Discover Kensington Palace with a guided tour, explore royal apartments and gardens, and indulge in a luxurious Royal Tea experience. Book your VIP access now.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Kensington Palace - On this group tour, guests will enjoy a Kensington Palace’s must-see highlights including:
    Kensington Palace & State Apartments,
    Queen Victoria Rooms,
    The Jewel Room,
    The Kings State Apartments,
    The Kings Gallery,
    The Kings Staircase,
    The Queen State Apartments,
    Kensington Gardens and access to the Cradle Walk to view the Sunken Garden.
  • Kensington Palace - Enjoy a Royal Afternoon Tea Experience at the Orangery Café.
What's Included
  • Learn the story of Queen Elizabeth II and the political and personal events that shaped her reign
  • Admission to Kensington Gardens and access to the Cradle Walk to view the Sunken Garden
  • Enjoy a sumptuous Royal Tea experience with cakes, sandwiches, and choice of up to 10 English Teas
  • Discover Princess Diana’s life as the future Queen of England while living at Kensington Palace
  • Admission to Queens State Apartments, Queen Victoria Rooms, The Jewel Room
  • Admission to Kensington Palace & State Apartments, The Kings State Apartments, The Kings Gallery & Kings Staircase
  • See the statue of Princess Diana in the Sunken Garden
What's Not Included
  • Transportation
  • Gratuities
  • While inside Kensington Palace, our first-class guide offers an Audio tour produced by the Palace
Additional Information

With easy access timed tickets, this tour allows our guests to take a fully guided tour of Kensington Palace and Gardens, home of British royals for more than 300 years, without any hassle.

While viewing the grand State Kings & Queens Apartments as well as the breathtaking Royal Gardens and entrance to the 18th-century Baroque Orangery Tea House, guests will be captivated by a first-class expert local guide’s narration on the lives of British royalty. Enjoy insights & stories about the Windsors - Queen Camilla, Princesses Diana, Dutchess of Cambridge, King Charles, Harry & Meaghan.

This beautifully curated tour also includes a magnificent Royal Tea experience at one of the most ornate buildings located within the Kensington Palace estate. Enjoy a truly English tradition on the grounds of one of the finest Royal Palaces in England.

This tour offers visitors a truly magnificent opportunity to crown a visit to England in a Royal setting complete with a Royal Tea experience.

  • A moderate amount of walking is involved.
  • Due to uneven surfaces, this tour is not recommended for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair
  • Operates in all weather conditions
  • Participants should be in good health, consult first with your doctor if you have any medical condition or are not used to regular exercise.
  • Anybody under the age of 18 years must be accompanied by somebody aged 18 years or older
  • To participate in your tour, you must first check-in with the guide. You can only access the venues as part of your organised group tour.
  • Guiding is not allowed inside Kensington Palace. Your first-class guide will provide information to enable you to fully appreciate this part of the tour before entering. There will be time for questions afterwards.
  • The tour is NOT suitable for guests with food allergies and special dietary requirements
  • Not recommended for guests with special dietary requirements
Location
Queensway
Bayswater Road
MEETING TIME: 15 minutes before the scheduled start. MEETING PLACE: Queensway Underground Station, Bayswater Road, London W2 4SS. MEETING POINT: Meet your guide outside the main entrance, facing onto Bayswater Road and Kensington Gardens.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(33 Ratings)
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Sharon_a
Jun 19, 2024
Excellent - I had a great experience going through Kensington Palace. The audio recording was very informative & the artifacts were wonderful. Mike was excellent, he was also very informative as he navigated our group through the gardens and the Orangery. It would have been perfect if he was allowed into the palace to give us a live tour.
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Paula_z
Jun 12, 2024
Loved it! - Sue was amazing! A wealth of knowledge. She ensured we understood the history before we even entered! First in line so we got to see it all without a crowd. Ended with the tea and delicious!
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Lisa_b
Jun 11, 2024
Very nice experience! - Appreciated our tour guide, Mike, who was very friendly. I enjoyed the tour and tea. It was nice to be shown around and given a little history about the palace. It was a great day!
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Linda_m
Jun 8, 2024
Wonderful experience at Kensington Palace. - Miranda did an excellent job. The tour was very informative and she answered all of our questions so well. We loved the audio tour at the palace and the tea, sandwiches and treats were delicious. All in all it was a top notch way to spend the morning. Thank you to Miranda for such a great experience.
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Angela_b
Jun 5, 2024
Cozy tour of Kensington Palace, complete with a Royal High Tea - Our tour guide Susan was a wealth of knowledge about Kensington Palace and about British history. Our group was only 7 people so we got personal attention. I enjoyed that we met outside of Kensington Park and walked to the Palace together giving us a chance to learn more than what the regular Palace tour would offer. The tea lunch at The Orangery was a perfect addition - I am glad I did that upgrade.
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Nickolas_t
Jun 3, 2024
Great experience of the history of the palace - Very informative tour highlight was the sunken garden followed by high tea with a view to the garden. Highly recommended
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Beth_b
May 30, 2024
Beautiful Kensington! - Great tour. Wish that there was a bit about Diana living there, but it did not include any of those rooms/apartments. Guide (Maria) was wonderful! Tea was lovely. A thing to do - even in the rain!!
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Ann_b
May 27, 2024
Not VIP there was nothing special about it - Guide did not add any additional information to the tour. We could have done it on our own. The audio tour at Kensington Palace was great but it was included in everyone’s ticket.
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Robin
May 19, 2024
This one is a do it yourself. - Visit yourself. Get the headphones. Buy the afternoon tea. The guide we had was hard to hear. We had to squeeze over to one area. Much nicer to wonder on your own. The stories told were nothing unusual.
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Tomrd2882by
Jun 4, 2024
Waste of money. - This was the VIP private tour with tea afterward. I traveled with my adult family of 8 and the private tour was simply a guide who spoke for 30 minutes outside of the palace then brought us into the palace to do a self tour on a headset for the next 1 1/2 hour. After the tour we went to have tea and there was not a table to accommodate my 8 so four of us had to have tea with the guide and the other 4 had tea with two other strangers. Would never have booked if we thought it was self guided and a meal separated from each other. I would recommend going to the palace and buy your own ticket. Guide was a nice man but offended by the price of a VIP privat tour that was not a tour, simply an easy access.
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