My sister is she mad?

Question

my sister is under some impression that the queen uses escalators to get to the upper levels of Buckingham palace? i say there are stairs but she thinks not

Answer 1

I thought she had peasants under her skirts carry her everywhere.

Answer 2

There aren't any escalators in the palace. People and things can go up using the stairs, the regular elevators, or the freight elevators (also known as lazy butler).

Answer 3

There are no escalator's in Buckingham Palace. The Queen uses the stairs or an Elevator.

Answer 4

There are most definitely no escalators in Buckingham Palace.  Her Majesty is quite capable of using stairs, though as stated in an earlier answer, there is also a lift...this is generally used by people in wheelchairs who have occasion to visit the Palace.  There is a short description of the inside of Buck House at this site...

http://www.thedukeofyork.org/output/Page...

Photo of The Grand Staircase here...

http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eGalle...

And take a look at the answer to the first question here...

http://www.royal.gov.uk/textonly/Page344...

Answer 5

I do not know of any escalators that have been installed at Buckingham Palace.  But the palace does have Otis elevators.

http://www.otis.com/news/newsdetail/0,13...

Answer 6

Perhaps your sister is confusing the term escalator for elevator.  In any case, confusion or being incorrect is not madness.