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The
Royal
Mews
is
a
mews,
or
collection
of
equestrian
stables,
of
the
British
Royal
Family.
In
London
these
stables
and
stable-hands
quarters
have
occupied
two
main
sites
in
turn,
being
located
at
first
on
the
north
side
of
Charing
Cross,
and
then
(since
the
1820s)
within
the
grounds
of
Buckingham
Palace.
The
Royal
Mews,
Buckingham
Palace
includes
an
extensive
display
of
royal
carriages
and
other
associated
items,
and
is
open
to
the
public
for
much
of
the
year.
It
is
also
a
working
part
of
the
palace,
where
horses
and
people
live
and
work,
and
where
carriages
and
cars
are
in
daily
use
supporting
the
work
of
the
Queen
as
head
of
state.
The
map
is
oriented
with
north-west
to
the
top.
The
first
set
of
stables
to
be
referred
to
as
a
mews
was
at
Charing
Cross
at
the
western
end
of
The
Strand.
The
royal
hawks
were
kept
at
this
site
from
1377
and
the
name
derives
from
the
fact
that
they
were
confined
there
at
moulting
(or
"mew")
time.
The
building
was
destroyed
by
fire
in
1534
and
rebuilt
as
a
stables,
keeping
its
former
name
when
it
acquired
this
new
function.
On
old
maps,
such
as
the
"Woodcut"
map
of
London
of
the
early
1560s,
the
Mews
can
be
seen
extending
back
towards
the
site
of
today's
Leicester
Square.
This
building
was
usually
known
as
the
King's
Mews,
but
was
also
sometimes
referred
to
as
the
Royal
Mews,
the
Royal
Stables,
or
as
the
Queen's
Mews
when
there
was
a
woman
on
the
throne.
It
was
rebuilt
again
in
1732
to
the
designs
of
William
Kent,
and
in
the
early
19th
century
it
was
open
to
the
public.
On
15
June
1820,
the
Guards
in
the
Royal
Mews
mutinied
in
support
of
Caroline
of
Brunswick,
whom
King
George
IV
was
seeking
to
divorce.
It
was
an
impressive
classical
building,
and
there
was
an
open
space
in
front
of
it
which
ranked
among
the
larger
ones
in
central
London
at
a
time
when
the
Royal
Parks
were
on
the
fringes
of
the
city
and
the
gardens
of
London's
squares
were
open
only
to
the
residents
of
the
surrounding
houses.
It
was
demolished
to
make
way
for
Trafalgar
Square.
