The Queen has many royal residences throughout the United Kingdom, including Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and Balmoral Castle, and all of them will undergo painstaking changes this weekend when the clocks go forward an hour.
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Her Majesty has over 1,000 timepieces throughout her regal homes and adjusting them will be no easy task – but luckily there's a team on hand. The switchover is a mammoth undertaking that takes around 40 hours to do, which means even after beginning the admin at 2am on Sunday morning, some of the clocks will still be at the wrong time on Monday.
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In total, there are 450 timepieces at Windsor Castle, 600 at Buckingham Palace and 50 at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, all of which must be amended by hand by one of the monarch's employees!
The Queen has 1,000 clocks at her homes
The types of clocks are varied, including musical clocks, astronomical clocks, miniature clocks and turret clocks – and it's likely they are dotted around each property, meaning a thorough search for the clocks will be required.
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Daylight saving time is the process of moving the clocks ahead an hour in the spring to make the most of the daylight in the evening and readjusting them in autumn. The EU have been campaigning for the process to be scrapped, with the proposed plan to be to 'spring' ahead 30 minutes instead and then stay there – keeping the time the same throughout the year.
Nobody is ever late for Her Majesty
Speaking of royal clocks, the ones in the royal kitchen run slightly early to ensure the monarch is always served her meals on time!
As well as 1,000 clocks, Her Majesty has 1,000 staff across her royal residences to help her with general household running. There are chefs, cleaners and admin staff, and more unusual roles include the Queen's flag sergeant, a royal librarian and a groom for the Queen's horses.
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