The Palace is visible here behind the Victoria memorial, which depicts Queen Victoria at the front. Queen Victoria was the first monarch to live in Buckingham Palace.
Buckingham Palace is the London residence of the British monarch, currently Elizabeth II. At the time I took these, March 2009, the Mexican president was visiting, as one may be able to guess.
The Palace is visible here behind the Victoria memorial, which depicts Queen Victoria at the front. Queen Victoria was the first monarch to live in Buckingham Palace.
A full view of the Eastern façade of Buckingham Palace.
This angle better shows the gates which surround the Palace.
Subsidiary gates, like this one, surround the Victoria Memorial. This one was donated by Canada as is enscribed in the wreaths at each end.