Aside of official work, we mingled with the Londoners. It is a moment we all cherished as the majority of us were first visitors to the first world country in Europe. Mounted police patrol the Palace area on the back of horses attracting attention of more people who took selfies with them, albeit under strict warning that the horses were trigger happy and could unleash their kicks anytime. Just as Botswana Guardian and The Midweek Sun journalist Dikarabo Ramadubu, who was part of our team was taking a few selfies, he was thoroughly warned to stay a bit far away from the horse as the closer he got, he could experience the worst. And we are now in the midst of young and old people who are pushing and shoving through narrow paths leading to the country’s monarch residence. The UK government calls the monarchy "a unique soft power and diplomatic asset". We could tell from the various languages spoken onsite and the colours of the people that the Buckingham Palace is a place patronised by a diverse of races in the City of Westminster, in central London.
The Buckingham Palace serves as the official London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Historians and guides who mingled with the masses out there in the open, were able to share a bit and even pointing to one of the windows high up there in the tall building of the Palace, as the exact place where the King resides. It was exciting but not helpful as we could only see the small window from that distance.Those who have experienced it indicated that on a good day, the King would even wave in appreciation of the masses around the Palace area. The atmosphere seemed like there was a major announcement that was just about to be made as the number of people out there continued to swell. But, it was just a normal Sunday with no pressure on the people and the monarchy at all. The numbers of enthusiasts who visit this place grow substantially within minutes and to those in the know, the place experiences an incessant flow of masses, day in and day out. People coming from all walks of life to the UK complete their itineraries by paying a visit to this monumental structure and the side buildings. Due to time pressure on us that afternoon, there were other places of interest that we had to quickly visit before we returned to our residence, which to some of us was in The London Borough of Hounslow, geographically situated in outer west London.
