Ceremony of the Keys

Congratulations. How long would you say the whole process took?

Hello,

I would say around 50 minutes: 15-20 minutes of active refreshing on two devices and 30 minutes of virtual queuing during which time, I could attend to Monday morning work email catch up from Eastern time zone colleagues The process to buy the tickets once the calendar was available took 2 minutes, if that.

I think I must have hit it just right when I purchased mine for June 5 minutes in and out. No waiting.

Enjoy! I would love to hear what it's like.

I checked with my friends and neither can make it. I'm going to contact HRP to let them know I have two extra tickets. They may be able to put them back on the website. I am not concerned about a refund and consider it a donation.

Sandra, I am so sorry you didn't get to go it was really great.

In terms, of you being able to give your tickets to anyone else, I don't think that is possible because they read the names that you registered under off a list and only those people could enter.

I don't get the complicated rules. it is all done by the computer so it doesn't matter if it is a holiday or a Friday, but no one is asking me! We needed tickets for May, so the first business day in April was a Monday but that was Easter Monday, so I waited until Tuesday morning. The tickets are released at 1600 London time, so that was 1000 to me. I got on at 0945 and watched the countdown and immediately was put in the queue. I don't know if May wasn't in as much demand or people didn't factor in Easter Monday but I was #52 and had my first choice in less than 10 minutes. If you look at the sight today, it will only show that it is sold out through July, but doesn't give any information about when August becomes available specifically. It looks like August will be released Monday, July 1. Always know the holidays and that if the first business day of the month is Friday, you will be able to get them the next Monday! Good luck!

Just did this last week. You gave the name on the reservation and the number in the party. There was not a request for ID.

We had the same experience as Carol, they did not ask for IDs even though in their instructions for the evening, they emphatically stated they would ask for them. So, I suppose as long as you know the name to give, you could use someone else's reservation.

All the tickets are in my name as I understood we went in together.

I go on July 7 so will report back then. One of my London friends has a friend who is interested. I've met him before and he might be bringing his teenager. So the tickets won't go to waste - I checked and HRP doesn't accommodate returned tickets for the ceremony.

when I went on a Member's Evening Ceremony of the Keys in March I needed to provide Names, membership card and tickets.

We went on Sunday and I thought it was worth the hype. It was short, our guide was very funny, engaging, and slightly irreverent!

While the ceremonial locking is not witnessed, we saw the coming and going of the soldiers - on that night it was the Coldstream guards - very picturesque but there are no photos l. We were told when we could and couldn’t take photos.

For me, the most special aspect was being inside the gates as night fell with the floodlights on. It is very evocative to see it in that light. It finishes promptly and we were out if there by 22:20. The guard even posed for pictures with attendees.

I recommend trying for tickets for your trip.

We had a 1 1/2 bus trip back to Wimbledon. I enjoyed that, too!