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Ashley Hicks

Ashley Hicks

British interior designer and author

Jun 5, 2026

23:25
Ashley's relatives were central enough to the royal family that as a kid, every June, he would get an invitation to the Queen's birthday parade.
23:32
And we would go and watch them ride back into the palace, and we'd go and give the horses sugar lumps and carrots.
23:40
And then we would go up and have a, a, you know, a Coca-Cola, because we were children, and, uh-
24:40
[laughs]
24:40
...
24:41
I know how to get to the West Wing.
24:43
Whereas Buckingham Palace, generally speaking, people have got no idea.
24:47
There's very little of it that gets seen.

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