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In 2016, the Assassins [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Rebecca Crane]] travelled to vault behind the palace to recover the Shroud of Eden, having learned it's location. However, they were discovered and overwhelmed by the Templars [[Juhani Otso Berg]], [[Violet da Costa]] and [[Isabelle Ardant]]. The Assassins were soon assisted by [[Galina Voronina]] who created an opening allowing an injured Rebbeca and Shaun to escape. In the ensuing skirmish, Violet escaped with the Shroud while Isabelle was killed.<ref name="Modern" /> | In 2016, the Assassins [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Rebecca Crane]] travelled to vault behind the palace to recover the Shroud of Eden, having learned it's location. However, they were discovered and overwhelmed by the Templars [[Juhani Otso Berg]], [[Violet da Costa]] and [[Isabelle Ardant]]. The Assassins were soon assisted by [[Galina Voronina]] who created an opening allowing an injured Rebbeca and Shaun to escape. In the ensuing skirmish, Violet escaped with the Shroud while Isabelle was killed.<ref name="Modern" /> | ||
==Interior== | |||
[[File:ACS_DB_The_White_Drawing_Room.jpg|thumb|125px|The White Drawing Room]] | |||
The palace contains 775 rooms, including 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, 78 bathrooms, 52 principal bedrooms and 19 state rooms. It also has a post office, cinema, swimming pool, doctor's surgery, and jeweler's workshop.<ref>{{WP|Buckingham Palace}}</ref> Another room is known as the "White Drawing Room". It was designed by John Nash and it has been used as a reception area for guests of the royal family from its completion onwards. In modern times it is used as a backdrop for the royal family portraits.<ref name="White">''Assassin's Creed: Syndicate'' – [[Database: The White Drawing Room]]</ref> | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
Revision as of 01:43, 9 April 2023
Buckingham Palace, known before 1826 as Buckingham House, is the London residence and principal workplace of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the center of state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focus for the British people at times of national rejoicing.[1]
History
Origin and renovation
The palace was originally a private residence by the Duke of Buckingham, John Sheffield. In 1761, the residence was purchased by King George III for his wife, Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After his death in 1820, his son George IV aimed to convert the house into a palace. In 1826, George IV hired the Welsh architect John Nash, who doubled the size of the House by adding several rooms, rebuilding the north and south wings and a marble arch in the courtyard. When the redesign budget went over by half a million pounds, John was fired in 1829 by George IV, who died the following year.[2]
The remaining project was then taken over by George IV's brother and successor, William IV of the United Kingdom, who completed the palace in 1830 months after George IV's death. Despite it's completion, William did not live in the palace until Queen Victoria, who became the first monarch to live in the palace.[2]
Victorian era
In late 1868, Queen Victoria hosted a state ball in the garden of Buckingham Palace; it was during this ball that Crawford Starrick, Grand Master of the British Templars, planned to recover the Shroud from a vault beneath the Palace, in order to assassinate all the heads of state and church present and "begin anew". However, his plot was foiled by the intervention of the twin Assassins Evie and Jacob Frye, who had infiltrated the party in order to assassinate Starrick. After a lengthy fight with Starrick, whose powers had been augmented by the Shroud, both twins killed him and returned the artifact to its resting place.[3] The vault lay undisturbed for decades afterwards, until in late 2015 the Shroud was discovered by both the modern Assassins and Templars and reclaimed by the latter.[4]
Modern times
In 2016, the Assassins Shaun Hastings and Rebecca Crane travelled to vault behind the palace to recover the Shroud of Eden, having learned it's location. However, they were discovered and overwhelmed by the Templars Juhani Otso Berg, Violet da Costa and Isabelle Ardant. The Assassins were soon assisted by Galina Voronina who created an opening allowing an injured Rebbeca and Shaun to escape. In the ensuing skirmish, Violet escaped with the Shroud while Isabelle was killed.[4]
Interior
The palace contains 775 rooms, including 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, 78 bathrooms, 52 principal bedrooms and 19 state rooms. It also has a post office, cinema, swimming pool, doctor's surgery, and jeweler's workshop.[5] Another room is known as the "White Drawing Room". It was designed by John Nash and it has been used as a reception area for guests of the royal family from its completion onwards. In modern times it is used as a backdrop for the royal family portraits.[6]
Appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Database: Buckingham Palace
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – A Night to Remember
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Modern day
- ↑
Buckingham Palace on Wikipedia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Database: The White Drawing Room