Queen's Galleries Renamed King's Galleries in Honor of Charles III

The Royal Collection Trust has announced that the Queen's Galleries at Buckingham Palace in London and the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh have been renamed The King's Galleries, honoring King Charles III following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last year. The change marks a reversal from earlier statements by a Royal Collection spokesperson, who said in spring 2023 that there were no plans to rename the galleries, which were founded and opened by Elizabeth II. The Trust declined to provide details on the decision or timeline. The Buckingham Palace gallery, built on the site of Queen Victoria's private chapel destroyed in a 1940 air raid, was conceived by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in 1962 and expanded between 1997 and 2002. The Holyroodhouse gallery was built between 1999 and 2002. Both galleries were opened to the public in their current form by Elizabeth II during her Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2002. The galleries house and display artworks from the Royal Collection, one of the world's most significant art collections.