Why the Queen's 1,000 clocks at royal palaces tell the wrong time for one day a year

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When the clocks go back, it can be hard to remember for the best part of us, but even more so for the Queen’s staff whose job is it to ensure the time is correct across all of the royal residences.

Each timepiece is attended to by hand to ensure it reads the correct time the morning after we gain an extra hour. However, each royal home spans literally hundreds of rooms, meaning a huge task for each team of household staff.

Buckingham Palace alone has a whopping 775 rooms inside, including 19 state rooms, 52 royal and guest bedrooms, 92 offices, 78 bathrooms and 188 bedrooms for household staff.

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