Queen to open Buckingham Palace gardens to paying public for first time

With palace summer opening cancelled because of coronavirus, visitors will be able to pay to picnic from July to September

The paying public can picnic at the palace this summer as the Queen throws open her private 39-acre London garden for visitors to explore by themselves for the first time.

With pandemic restrictions forcing the cancellation of Buckingham Palace's traditional summer opening for a second year, self-guided tours of the landscaped grounds will be on offer from July to September.