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King Charles' procession wound its way through London from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey for the historic Coronation today.
But while the royal palace is a focal point for the British people at times of national celebration, some American's don't understand what all the fuss is about.
A handful of tourists have been left unimpressed by the 320-year-old building, claiming it's "tacky" and "ridiculously boring" to visit. Taking to Yelp, one visitor from New York said: "We went on a group experience to Buckingham Palace and arrived super early. Checking in was fast, but when going into the palace I was shocked to find that it was so short and uninteresting.
"All that the palace shows you is how the elitist lived their lives with going to parties, and hoarding paintings. The place was all so godly which was tacky in my eyes.
"Overall the experience was lame. It's not worth spending your money on this palace, they don't even allow you to take photos of the place.
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King Charles III leaving Buckingham Palace for the Coronation at Westminster Abbey with Queen Camilla (Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror)"Save your pounds. Don't spend money in their gift shop it's full of expensive coat of arms representing the palace luxuries."
Another reviewer from Los Angeles said: "Boring. Walk by, take some snaps, but don't wait for the changing of the guard.
"There's too many people and it's ridiculously boring. You're just watching a bunch of security dudes go to work."
Buckingham Palace just days before the Coronation (Getty Images)The royal palace takes its name from the house build in 1705 for John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, and changed hands to George III for his wife 57 years later.
It became known as the queen's house and underwent redevelopment work in the 1820s to be changed from large townhouse into a palace.
A third reviewer said: "What a total bust. It was crowded and the change of guard took forever. I thought it was a waste of time but I guess if you've never seen it before it's worth seeing once."
One more added: "Don't risk it and go there if there is a chance of rain in the forecast. We arrived when it was not raining then it did.
"The Buckingham personnel didn't, and apparently never, announce the cancellation until 25 minutes past the start time!
"People were waiting in the rain with hope. Even the police/ security staff at the palace didn't know about the cancellation.
"The cancelling wasn't a big deal but knowingly keeping people's hopes up was."
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