CHARITABLE BODY
Historic Royal Palaces is a royal charter body with charitable status and is contracted by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to manage the palaces on his/her behalf.
It is responsible for the care, conservation and presentation to the public of the unoccupied royal palaces: HM Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, the Banqueting House at Whitehall, Kew Palace with Queen Charlotte's Cottage and Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.
Historic Royal Palaces is supervised by a board of trustees, all of whom are non-executive. The chief executive is responsible to the board of trustees. The palaces are owned by the Queen on behalf of the nation. |