Discover the intimate world of the Royal Family at Clarence House The formal London home of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, Clarence House is open to the public every summer. Some prefer tours of this royal residence to those of the Grand Buckingham Palace, reflecting on the familiarity of the tour with guides passing on beautiful anecdotes and focusing on many of the portraits, paintings and family pictures scattered around the place and owned by the house's former Queen Mother.