Hi～I know Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle both are good places to see Changing the Guard, but I'm not sure which one should I see, so if you ever saw them before Could you tell me the difference between them? Thank you.

Why bother? Not that great in my opinion. Waste of time. Boring. Yawn.

Much better to take a tour of Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle.

Thin, aristocrat 🚠

One of the most boring exercises you will see.

If you manage to see it at all (at Buckingham Palace). You might have to trample a few people and throw several children down off the Monument.

I've never been to Windsor, so I can't compare.

And while Windsor "might" be less crowded, that does not mean it won't be crowded. I agree with the others that unless you have unlimited time you would be better off doing something else.

You won't 'see' either one unless you get in place long before the event so a lot of wasted time. Slightly less awful at Windsor. You'll have a much better chance of seeing things up close in the town of Windsor where the band/troop march from the Victoria Barracks to the Castle.

I understand that many find it interesting to see men in uniforms marching around. But the buildings where they're marching are infinitely more interesting to me. So get tickets to see the buildings and you might be lucky, as I was at Windsor, and see guys in fancy red suits walking briskly right by (Look Ma, no crowd).

My friend and I went to the Changing Of The Guard at Buckingham Palace two years ago when I was in London. I had seen it before and thought it would be fun for my friend and we only had to walk through Green Park for less than 10 minutes from our hotel, to get to the Palace. I was very disappointed. It was quite a show in 1999, the first time I saw it and I was expecting that again. I had been back to London a couple of times after '99 but did not see The Changing. Their was a lot of stuff cut out. I really wanted to see the Horse Guards, I love those guys, and there was a small group but nothing like before and the band didn't even come down the Mall but entered from the side that we were NOT standing at, so hardly heard or saw them.

We also managed to just be at Windsor for their Changing Of the Guard. I hate to be like this, but honestly,. both were snooze fests. I agree with Thin, tour the palaces, also the Royal Mews is very interesting, the horses, the cars, the official coaches are all wonderful to see. So, JMHO, you can spend your vacation time much more productively than the Changing Of The Guard.

And for something even more boring (from our 2013 trip) ...

"The reason we were in this part of London was because Tracy had been told not to miss the Changing Of The Royal Horse Guards, which takes place across the street from the park. The last time we took time out from our schedule to visit some horses while on vacation was when we visited the Lipica Stud Farm in Slovenia. We witnessed the world famous Lipizzaner stallions prance around and do virtually nothing for an hour. Nothing could be worse than that, we surmised…We were wrong!

At about 9:45 a.m. a bunch of beautiful black horses ridden by guys with red and white uniforms with cool gold helmets appeared from under an arch. The horses and riders stood in front of the Horsey Palace (not the building’s real name). About ten minutes (seemed longer) later, another bunch of horses came from the direction of Buckingham Palace, hoofed it past the crowd and were positioned so they were facing the first group of horses. “This is going to be good,” I thought. I was wrong!

Half of the horses (as it turned out, the lucky ones) left. The excitement was, well there was yet to be any excitement, but we were sure the pageantry would begin any second, and these beautiful creatures would amaze us as the changing of the horse guards transpired before our very eyes. As we watched intently, the horses stood…and stood…and stood…and stood, doing nothing … and I mean nothing. Fifteen minutes later the horses were still doing nothing, although I think I saw one of them check his iPhone to see what time it was as he pawed at the dirt. “This can’t be it, can it,” Tracy asked?

Oh, yes it was. Looking around at the crowd, that horse was not the only four or two-legged creature checking to see what time it was. By 10:15, the horses had now continued this World Wrestling Federation-like stare-down for nearly 20 minutes. I actually think one of the stallions became cross-eyed due to excessive staring. We don’t know what happened next at this gala event, because the four of us walked away, shaking our heads in bored disbelief; a half hour out of our lives that we will never get back. As we were nearly out of sight from this non-spectacle, we turned around one last time to see if maybe, just maybe, the horses were doing something. Nope … the horses were still just standing there, staring at each other like they were on the worst blind date ever."

Thank you for your reply, I will tour the palaces after chewing on MmePerdu's and crefloors's advices.