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Afternoon Tea Bus Tour and the Buckingham State Rooms

Afternoon tea served while the sightseeing happens, and then the palace. The tour runs 90 minutes through central London with a guide, and the tea is prepared fresh and eaten on board as the city goes past the window: the London Eye, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, St Paul's. Afterwards come the State Apartments at Buckingham Palace, the rooms the King and the royal family use, including the Throne Room and the White Drawing Room. Two practical points that matter here. The palace visit is taken independently once the bus tour ends, with entry at 4:15pm. And the transfer between Victoria Station, where the bus finishes, and Buckingham Palace is not provided: it is a walk of about 10 to 15 minutes. The standard afternoon tea menu: Sandwiches Honey roast gammon and pickled onion. Smoked salmon and crème fraîche. Croxton Manor Cheddar and spring onion. Cucumber and minted butter. Savoury bites Truffled sausage roll. Sweet bites Chocolate éclair. Fruit tart. Mini Victoria sponge. Salted caramel brownie. Scones Freshly baked plain and fruit scones, with Devon clotted cream and Tiptree strawberry jam.