Billiard Room, Osborne House, Isle of Wight
In the Billiard Room, you can examine an impressive billiard table by George Magnus, along with William Theed’s posthumous bust of Prince Albert.
Separated from the Drawing Room by a columned screen and drawn curtains, the Billiard Room was where the men retired after dinner and could sit on a raised bench while the queen remained in the next room. The right angled plan of the billiard room, along with its columned screen and curtains, hid it from the adjacent drawing room. Technically, men were required to stand unless given permission to sit in the queen’s presence.