Must see recommendations for London trip

Westminster Abbey, Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London (this is an late night 9:30pm this to do), St. Paul's Cathedral, Cabinet War Rooms, Horse Guards Parade (instead of the changing of the guards, St. James Park, The Queen's Gallery (at Buckingham Palace), Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace are great you get to see the Queen's Carriages and horses the mews are very clean, Tate Britain, Trafalgar Square, St. Martin-in-the-Fields (you can have tea in the Crpt), Covent Garden, Leicester Square, British Museum, Imperial War Museum, Kensington Gardens/Hyde Park tea at The Orangery at Kensington Palace, Harrods (the food hall), Victoria & Albert Museum. One night at the theatre. Take the train out to Windsor and see Windsor Castle, this could be a half day. You would get the train from Paddington Station it's a 30 minute train ride and the castle is a three minute walk from the station. Shopping on Kings Street for your daughter. These are a few ideas, some might not be a "must" but all of them great.

Pre-book the London Eye!

don't bother prebooking the London Eye - waste of time and money. Seriously unless you pay extra to go to the front of the line, just buy it there.

First the time stamp doesn't mean anything - you have to stand in line with people buying it right there. The line to pick up your pre booked ticket is longer then the ticket line to buy tickets.

The whole place was a disaster with customer service and organization, etc.. I missed my time because of the line being so long to pick up pre booked ticket, and all I was told is to get in line with everyone else - which was 45 minutes long

**As for as recommendations, I liked the Museum of London, Cabinet War rooms are a definite must - and a river cruise was fun.

***Totally avoid Kensington Palace, they've turned it into a total waste, some stupid dark fantasy type thing, waste of money*

Try a London Walking tour -lots of good ones

I loved the Victoria and Albert Museum,,, even better then the Royal British Musuem( which is awesome too, and definately a must see) .

Tower of London,, hands down most fun, as well as educational,, the Yeomans tour is hilarious( and included in entrance fee)

Westminster Cathederal

Daytrip,, my fave so far has been Bath,, do NOT take a tour,, Bath is so worth a day of wandering ,, take train, I promise it is an easy and fun daytrip.

Don't prebook the London Eye because what if it's rainy (more than usual) or foggy that day? Wait till you get there. Tower of London is a MUST-despite the high price.

Good suggestions from others. Your daughter may enjoy seeing the Royal Mews which includes all the carriages, uniforms of footmen, etc. Plus, you can see the horses and learn the history of which horses the Queen requires to pull her carriage. The stables are extremely clean--horses have a good life there. The Cabinet War Rooms should not be missed.

If you want to go to afternoon tea I recommend the Orangery, located next to Kensington Palace.

If you want to take in a play, you can go to the half price ticket booth the morning you want to attend to get better prices than booking ahead.

If I had 6 days in London I visit all my favourites. The Tower of London, The Tower Bridge Tour, The London Eye, Evensong at Westminster, Westminster Abbey, Highgate Cemetery, a cruise on the Thames to Greenwich and the Barrier, Cabinet War Rooms and the Imperial War Museum. I'd have a cream tea everyday, but not in the Crypt, it's cold and not too nice. The tea not the crypt which is must see. Tea is better in the National Gallery accross the street.If I wanted to go to the theatre I'd go to the box office and buy my ticket there. I've never had good luck at the half price place...but then.... And I'd see "The 39 Steps" again. Funniest thing I'd seen in years. And I'd walk as much as I could. I love the whole area around Whitehall, the banqueting rooms and up to Trafalgar SQ. Tea at the Orangery is very popular and they don't take reservations (wonderful scones) AND they don't like you taking photos inside Plus I happen to like KP! I would try to get tickets to the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower. Day trip? Either Windsor Castle or Kew.They also have an Orangery where they serve food. Be sure to see the water lillies. I'd have pub-grub for dinner at The Sherlock Holmes or picnic in my room on a cold pork pie from M&S. Im' making myself "homesick"

Definitely go to the theatre, at least one night if not two, depending on your budget. Took my 16 year old nephew to see Wicked. It was great, even though I had seen it at home. We took him to a serious play another night (my husband's pick). If you want tickets for the Ceremony of the Keys, you have to write well ahead. We took the the Hop on and off bus tour, and pretty much stayed on it the whole way to give him the flavor of the city. It was a beautiful day when we arrived so took him to the London Eye our first day around 5PM. We were lucky, there was no line to speak of. Others have given you a great idea of things to see and do.