Love your personal back story to this visit

Nice video thanks for sharing friend Big like

I was amazed at the length of the queues. We were there over 30 years ago and I think we almost virtually walked straight in (also no booking online in advance in these days)! Nice wedding photos, btw. What a handsome couple you were then (and still are)!

Beautiful place we love it. Big Like.We join your channel 👍💛 A very lovely channel.

Always a kid weekends to visit in summer as very busy, best to go weekdays early, and spring or late autumn best as avoiding school holiday crowds, apart from that it's still a very very impressive building

Love the crochet coronation piece! Reroute the planes!

Also, quite nice to hop over the bridge into Eton. Has a different sort of olde world charm.

The Jubilee weekend was less than two years ago in 2022, a bank holiday date was moved to June, the Queen appeared on the Buckingham Palace balcony, there was a flypast, the Mall was filled solidly with people and lined with the Union Jack flag.

The gardens are up in the Great Park. Savill Gardens and Valley Gardens are so lovely.

Windsor Castle is definitely a place to visit, I have a soft spot for it as the castle was the first castle/stately home/palace I ever saw in the UK. On my first trip to the UK during my university years, my friend who was spending their Gap Year working there took me. In those days (pre the 1992 fire) it was free to enter the lower ward and St George's Chapel, the paid part was only the State Rooms. After the fire they needed the money to restore the castle so started charging to enter the grounds. During my Gap Year (after uni)I lived in the town of Windsor for a while, London got too big for me. Away from the main street, the station and the castle it's actually quite a peaceful town. I liked the walk along the river and over the bridge to Eton as well.

With whats happening in the world your videos are showing us that ther are still lovely kind people and beautiful places to visit it, they are so reasuring. Thank you,

Love the flash back photos!

If you want gardens then you need to go into Windsor Great Park - Savill Garden is 35 acres of formally laid out gardens, whilst the Valley Gardens are 250 acres of undulating valleys with loads of flowering shrubs, bushes & and trees. Windsor Great Park itself is a fabulous place to go and walk - deer in the deer park, loads of monuments & statues, Virginia Water, a Roman folly, and some of the oldest trees in the country. And all pretty much traffic-free.

Beautiful castle, but it sure draws a crowd. I can see why so many people visit. Well, I heard about it anyway! 🤣🤣All joking aside it would be a must visit for us. Shame about the planes and not being able to film. Makes it hard to vlog as you said. Still enjoyed coming along!

Love seeing the wedding photo's. You look like movie star's!

Even though I'm all about Wiltshire, Windsor is a special place for me. My wife grew up there, and we lived there for the first 5 years of our marriage. As residents we used to get free entry to the castle.

Hiya Dara, welcome back to England, I enjoyed this vlog about Windsor Castle, that's all I have to say right now, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

Interesting that the previous monarch's names are written above the doors. It must have been very emotional to see the Queen's tomb 🥲 Awe, poor Weston and his shaving mishap! I'm surprised His Majesty hasn't done something about the constant stream of planes flying over the castle too!

They sell bottled sticky toffee pudding topping in M and S food..really nice by the wine glass full after a meal..

When the King is in residence at the Castle and it’s the same at Buckingham Palace the change the flight paths✈️ not only due to noise but for security reasons.

Hi. If you go to Windsor Castle in August you trade the increased number of tourists for the fact that you can go into the Governor’s house’s private garden inside the castle’s grounds as he, like the Royal Family, is away from the castle (at least that was the case many years ago). Windsor Great Park is the free to enter part of the Windsor estate and covers 5,000 acres and includes gardens to explore. The private gardens are just that so that the Royal Family can enjoy some privacy. Remember that Windsor Castle is the family home whereas Buckingham Palace is the “corporate office”. FYI Post boxes were originally green in colour when introduced during Queen Victoria’s reign. They were changed to red at a later date. Therefore that post box has been kept in its original colour for heritage purposes, I would assume.

Great video. My brother used to live in Windsor so visited the castle. It's rather grand inside although the lounge of the late Queens apartment here was rather normal (from a tv address she did) with a sofa, tv, family pictures on the mantelpiece and a tv guide on the sofa!!

You certainly had a lovely day for your Windsor visit! Great commentary from you both - thank you. Can't believe it's more than 30 years since we visited Windsor Castle: just shows how you visit your nearest places of interest least often!

Even if you don’t go to the castle the historic town of Windsor & Eton makes a nice day visit, many shops and places to eat, drink and sit, riverside walk, feeding Swans, boat rides, the 2.5 mile tree lined Long Walk castle approach in Windsor Great Park, a walk past Eton College where many famous people attended, Windsor has two railway stations so is well served, parking is expensive.

Great video Dara. I was wondering, have you been to Runnymede? That's very close to Windsor and would be interesting for you I think. There's a piece of land there that's officially the USA, gifted by us to you. Also, how are your American visitors enjoying the lovely weather this week? Hope you managed to show them a glimpse of the Cotswolds looking their finest.

The sheltered garden and bench seen @1:40 is where Catherine Princess of Wales broadcast her message in March informing the nation that she is receiving a course of chemotherapy.

You got a selfie with Chas ! Harry will be so envious..

The historic Berkshire town of Windsor is not far from Heathrow airport and often recommended on travel forums for a final night stopover before a flight home instead of an airport hotel, with luggage and no frequent public transport though book a taxi, approx 20 minute drive.

Awesome

Thank you friends for sharing a very pleasant and beautiful video of a very relaxing walk in the surrounding environment

Such a nice video, a place I've always wanted to visit, lets hope it doesnt take me as long as it did for you guys 🤣

What a beautiful day and tour. Thank you for bringing us along as I don’t think we can arrange a visit when we are in the UK this fall. Do they close tours when the Royal family is staying there? Great job Dara! ~Cara 😊

Gosh has it been a year already? Wow. Love the patriotic shops. We have a Victoria too (statue and building). Nice roses. Love those wedding pics ❤ a trip 31 years in the making. A really stunning Castle. Great guards capture. Ah poor Lizzy, we all miss her. Wow, you might have us beat with that postbox topper. Poor Weston shavings mishap! King Ian’s no fly zone. Ah Lizzy would approve of the Corgis. A green post box? Gosh. 👍

We are due to visit Windsor on 17th June for the Garter Ceremony fingers crossed 🤞🏼 for good weather 😊

I thought Windsor was an impressive experience, especially seeing paintings that were so familiar of Henry Xlll and Anne Boleyn. My sister and l went to the Royal Windsor Horse Show last week and they must have been coming in from the other direction as we barely heard a plane. If you are over here now, welcome back, or should l say welcome home!

Did you cross over the river to Eton? It's lovely too and not as crowded as Windsor. Despite the tourists, I enjoy strolling through the streets of the towns of Windsor and Eton. If you remember, Charles and Queen Camilla were married in Windsor's town hall. But there was something about, if they married in St George's chapel, the chapel would have had to be opened to marriages for members of the general public too. But I thought as it was a second wedding for both, it would have been a nice touch to have held the wedding at a church in Scotland, where there would have been none of the delicate issues of them marrying in St George's, where they were only able to have the Archbishop bless their union. Churches in Edinburgh, like St Giles Cathedral, which also has more space, and being Church of Scotland, i.e., Presbyterian, has no strictures about church weddings for divorced people. It would have been an ideal choice. That was why Anne and her second husband chose to marry in Scotland. It would have also made the second blessing ceremony unnecessary, and also raised the profile of the royal family in Scotland.

Hi Dara, I hope Ian didn't try and put his drone up, they'd have shut down Heathrow again.😉 Pity you didn't get the Household Division guards, just the boring old regular army! Looks like the Royal Anglian Regiment or the Royal Fusiliers. The Gurkhas have just done a stint there last month.

That's where Wills mum got her MBE. Loved those patriotic donuts! I've never visited, it looks beautiful. We'll pop this on our list to visit. Cheers 🍻

So pleased to see another MOT vlog. Just home from work, the sun is shining and have a pot of tea (complete with Union Flag cosy) made and now have something gentle and fun to watch. Hope you’re all well.

I went here as part of a big tour group, I remember the tour bus parked in the back and we had to walk the rest of the way to the castle, I remember passing through a little train station and some shops and as for the castle itself, I enjoyed it immensely, our tour group got to avoid the line and we were let in first because we were such a huge group

No gardens per se but don’t forget there’s Windsor Great Park right there on the doorstep.

Been through Windsor countless times on the boat, but the crowds always put us off staying there for any length of time.

Lovely film. Did you know where the state apartments is that used to be the jousting area. If you look at the tower it’s in three parts the lower part was the mediaeval part and the second and third Georgian extensions. Down where the Guildhall is usually called gallows Road. During Elizabethan times if they found out you come from out of Windsor during the plague they would hang you. Just a small grumble. Windsor is not a city it’s a town. Just a bit niggling as someone who lived worked I went to school there.

Yes, too bad you could not take any pics or videos inside the castle. Still, this was beautiful, Dara, and amazing how enormous it is. I admire you guys for having the patience to stand in those long queues!!😌🏰

Good video Dara!! It's a shame Queen Mary's Dolls house had such a wait,,,It truly is an amazing object!! And is 100 years old this year!! An interesting family fact : My Great Uncle was police bodyguard to Queen Mary!! However he said she was a truly formidable and terrifying woman and didn't NEED a bodyguard!!😅😅😅😅😅😅

Hi Dara So sorry this comment is over due... I was on my filming trip and just got back. my notification box was flooded... 900 yrs and till the castle exists to live in...remarkable...wait a min? so how the utility lines inside of castle are wired??? For my curiosity, is there central air system in there? hahah Is the castle tour pretty much busy all year around??? OMG when you said 13000 acres of the property, I could not imagine it. we have Biltmore Estate here: George Vanderbilt's lifetime was approximately 125,000 acres Now I got I know how large property is. wow. I enjoy your personal story and this visit to the castle. I wonder what made you interested in the GB? Ian? or something else? I have a friend in Biltmore Forrest and she has a large Flag, crest, and etc... you can name it I always enjoy the diversity between countries through your films. Did you get emotional to walk through the castle where Queen Elizabeth may have walked on??? I really liked her attitude as a figure/symbol of England. Although I liked Princess D. hahah Thank you always very much for complete tour guide.

Charles could buy Sussex to site the airport..

Hi Dara & Ian, what beautiful wedding photos! THREE wedding receptions?! That must be something of a record, lol!

The Royal Collection Trust holds the copyright to the items and interiors to royal palaces, that's why you can't take photos. You have to pay to video or photograph interiors, I went to Sandringham last year and you couldn't film in there either. Kensington Palace is run by Historic Royal Palaces and they do allow photography there. I assume Highclere Castle also copyright their interiors and that's why they don't allow filming or photography. The Downton production company probably pays a good fee to film inside Highclere. I visited Sansouci Palace in Germany and if you want to film there you pay a photography fee and you wear a wrist band to show you paid and can film. Otherwise it's no photography for copyright reasons.

I do miss living in Windsor! It was entirely possible that you could bump into Royal family members whilst simply on a walk with the doggo 🐶.

Fancy building a castle under a flight path

Whoever thought of building the castle so close to the airport?!!

I’m pretty sure the planes don’t fly over when the Sovereign is in residence. They fly into Heathrow’s southern runway which is further away.

Fascinating place. I think I recognised some of it from the funeral. 30 quid seems a bit rich. You'd think the royals could afford to give a discount. No wonder I'm a republican (not the American type 😂 ). It is ridiculous that in the 21st century our head of state is King Charles. Having said that we get the King's birthday holiday in a couple of weeks. 😂 And no, our holiday is not Charlie's birthday, nor Liz's for that matter. It is has traditionally been the second Monday in June forever. There's a Windsor here in Melbourne and in Sydney. Somehow I don't think our original English settlers were very original when naming places. 😂 No wonder there has been a movement to rename some of our places names the original indigenous names. The local government area we live in Melbourne recently changed from Moreland to Merri-bek for example. I really have to get some gelato this weekend.

Terrific video Dara, I went to Windsor Castle last September and my partner and I both thought actually there was far too much opulence in the castle, riches beyond belief (mostly/all probably paid by the good old UK tax payer) when we have a world with many souls struggling to survive 🤕 And thank you for bringing some settled warm weather across with you to the UK. Cheers mate!

What the hell was William the conqueror thinking. Not building in room for public gardens.

They’re not just chocolate soldiers .. they’re the real deal

Aldi do a lovely cheese and onion sandwich..

@MagentaOtterTravels Channel 5+1 at 8.00 tonight. 'Inside Windsor Castle'. You've been at the mind reading thing again haven't you? 😂😂

Yes I remember the fire. The BBC interviewed people who said they'd love taxpayers money to be used to pay for the repairs. Only the people were actually extremely hostile to the idea and said this extremely rich woman should pay for the repairs and why wasn't she paying income tax like the rest of us anyway??? Suddenly all the BBC interviews were of people who objected to footing the bill, which just goes to show that TV news channels only show the interviews they think will be popular with the public.

Why not join the “national trust” to get a great deal with visits?

Ridiculous building a castle so close to an international airport.

No I don't like statues of Queen Victoria. I loathe them. I fell off one if you remember? 🚑🤕 I mentioned the Royals used to be called Saxe-Coburg and Goethe up until the start of WWI when they had to change their name. 'What should one call oneself now? I know. We'll call ourselves after our favourite castle, Windsor.' If any of those swans had rings on them then they don't belong to the crown.

How do you rate Windsor vs. Arundle castle as a total experience on your scale of English castles? My opinion is that Windsor is certainly beaten by Arundle and Warwick.

One year anniversary? Oh Dara. I am so disappointed with your grammar. 😢It's first anniversary.

As a British citizen it's long over due that we must end the monarchy . Fill these castles with our homeless ?

Loved your video..worth visiting once for sure...