Considering it was raining, there was no alternative but to queue up in the rain. As someone with poor mobility issues having to queue is bad enough but in the rain just makes it worse. Once we got inside, there were so many people that it was hot and stuffy. I had hoped that by purchasing a ticket that it might limit the number of people who could enter which would also reduce the need to queue.

If you are only interested in seeing the Kensington garden and the Statue of Princess Diana in the sunken garden( that was unveiled by Prince William and Prince Harry) you do not need to buy a ticket. The gardens are free. It is a huge garden , there is the Princess Diana fountain and memorial walk. The sunken gardens are beautiful but you cannot get closer to the statue. There is green hedge surrounding the statue, you can take pictures from different sides of the hedge. With our admission , we were able to go inside the Queen Victoria’s apartment. They had an exhibition. Make sure you get there before 4:30 pm. The gardens tend to close for public.

Kensington is a very historic place where even XXI century royalty lived. However, the fashion exhibition took most of the palace and showed mostly recent American couture used is award shows. The Queen Victoria childhood exhibit seemed like an after thought where it should have been the central point.