Buckingham Palace's Picture Gallery has been redisplayed for this summer's opening, almost doubling the number of paintings on show from 63 to 120. The change matters because it is a rare chance for the public to see many more works from the Royal Collection, in keeping with the collection's charitable aim of sharing as much of it as possible.

The transformation took 875 hours and included fitting emerald-green silk wall hangings and new lighting. The gallery, one of the State Rooms opened to visitors in summer, was originally designed to showcase George IV's collection as part of John Nash's conversion of Buckingham House into a palace, though the first paintings were hung only after Queen Victoria's accession in 1837. Highlights include Johan Zoffany's The Tribuna of the Uffizi, George Stubbs's A Rough Dog and a 2023 portrait of King Charles III by Jonathan Yeo. The room now draws more than half a million visitors a year, and tickets are available through the Royal Collection Trust.