The Royal family offer a peek inside Windsor Castle as their resident clockmaker spends an entire weekend turning the estate's stunning 1,500 timepieces back

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[algore]

While Brits enjoy an extra hour in bed this weekend, royal staff have spent hours turning back the 1,500 timepieces inside Her Majesty’s official residences.

The clock change, which falls on the last Sunday of October, means that at 2am yesterday the time in the UK went back to 1am as Greenwich Mean Time replaced British Summer Time.

Reminding Brits of the clock change, the Royal Family offered an insight into the numerous timepieces inside Windsor Castle, Berkshire, where Her Majesty is currently recovering after a stay in hospital, on their official Instagram page.

A team of horological conservators worked through the weekend to tweak the 400 timepieces on the estate, 250 of which are located inside the castle.

[monkeyshine]

Can we just get rid of Daylight savings time already

Oh sure, and get rid of all those hard working high paying resident timekeeper jobs? You sir are heartless!

[Hiddigeigei]

When I was a very young child, my father read a book to me and my brother called “Windsor Castle” by William Harrison Ainsworth that I re-read as an adult. It is a good and exciting read. I never forgot Herne the Hunter, a good Halloween spook.

[ConjunctionJunction]

I don’t care if it’s Daylight Saving Time or Standard - I just hate switching back and forth. Pick one or the other and stick with it.

[Mom MD]

+1. Id rather have the daylight at the end of the day.

[Billthedrill]

You sir are heartless!

Exactly. What's going to happen next time you're in Windsor Palace and you need to know whether it's time to sit down to tea with Her Majesty? You'll be late, that's what! Or early. Depending on whether it's spring or autumn.

[monkeyshine]

I was banned from Windsor Palace for making the Queen’s Guard laugh on the job.

[Billthedrill]

And I’ll bet he was wearing a wristwatch, too. WITH THE WRONG TIME ON IT!!

[SunkenCiv]

...royal staff have spent hours turning back the 1,500 timepieces inside Her Majesty’s official residences.

See, that's just inherently funny -- a monarchy in the 21st century...

[VTenigma]

How about we just move the clocks 1/2 hour and call it good.

[slouper]

“The only thing I like about it is the reminder to change the batteries in my smoke detectors, but I’m sure there could be other ways to remember that.”

There is, just wait until they start beeping at you in the middle of the night. <;-)