Seating up to 5,272 patrons, The Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London, has held the Proms concerts annually each summer since 1941.
The Hall was originally supposed to have been called the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences, but the name was changed to the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences
by Queen Victoria upon laying the Hall's foundation stone in 1867, in memory of her husband consort, Prince Albert who had died six years earlier.
We had a tour of the hall.
The chandelier in the royal entrance
Pictures of Albert and Victoria in the royal lounge.
Looking through the royal box.
Looking out at the Albert Memorial in the Kensington Gardens.
Rehearsals were taking place on the main stage.
The Albert Memorial in the Kensington Gardens.
On my 1985 European tour, I went to a Proms Concert here. I queued to get a standing-room ticket way up in the "Gods".