The Royal Mews

The Royal Mews is a mews of the Royal Family. In London the Royal Mews has occupied two main sites, formerly at Charing Cross, and since the 1820s at Buckingham Palace The site is open to the public throughout much of the year. 

The state coaches and other carriages are kept there, along with about 30 horses, together with their modern counterparts, the state motor cars. Coachmen, grooms, chauffeurs and other staff are accommodated in flats above the carriage houses and stables.

The Gold State Coach is an enclosed, eight-horse-drawn carriage used by the Royal Family. Commissioned in 1760, it was built in the London workshops of Samuel Butler. This coach has been used at the coronation of every British monarch since King Georges IV. The coach's great age, weight, and lack of manoeuvrability have limited its use to grand state occasions such as coronations., royal weddings, and the jubilees of a monarch.