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Queen Camilla’s private heatwave-ready swimming pool – 0.4 miles from London home

Queen Camilla’s private heatwave-ready swimming pool – 0.4 miles from London home

Temperatures are on the up this weekend, with many of us looking for some cool relief by visiting our local swimming pools and lidos. If Queen Camilla and King Charles find themselves in need of a dip while at their London mainstay home, they are in luck. Clarence House is situated just 0.4 miles from Buckingham Palace, where the royal couple have access to a private swimming pool. The pool has long been a favourite spot for the royal family.  The private pool at Buckingham Palace © GC ImagesThe palace features a private swimming pool It was originally commissioned in 1938 by Charles’ grandfather, King George VI, who wanted to ensure the privacy of his daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, who had been having swimming lessons at the Bath Club. Later, Sophie Winkleman, the wife of Lord Frederick Windsor and former Peep Show actress, confirmed the Buckingham Palace pool was very much still in use in an interview with Tatler. Sophie detailed how the late Queen Elizabeth II insisted she use the pool to recover …