Windsor Castle's clockmaker shares a royal insight
<p>As the UK enjoyed an extra hour in bed over the weekend to signify the end of daylight savings, royal staff have been busy at work in Windsor Castle. </p>
<p>Taking to the Royal Family's Instagram account, a team of horological conservators worked throughout the castle to tweak the 400 clocks of the estate to set the time back one hour. </p>
<p>Of the 400 timepieces on the state, 250 are located inside the castle.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Offering a glimpse into their many clocks, the Royal Family shared a picture of their chief horologist with the caption, "For those living in the UK, don’t forget that clocks go back an hour tonight."</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">"Did you know there are over 1,000 clocks within Her Majesty’s official residences?"</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">"<span>Each timepiece is conserved by a special horologist and each will be set back an hour this Sunday."</span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span>The estate's head horological conservator explained that a lot more work is involved to wind the clocks back in the winter than turning them forwards in the summertime.</span></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">"We have 400 clocks on the estate of which 250 are inside the castle and the rest are distributed around the estate. I go round once a week to wind them up so I get to know every clock very well", he said. </p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">"Just like a car that needs an MOT every now and then a clock will need a service every couple of years, twice a year we have the clock change."</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">"When we set the clocks backwards in winter it’s a different process for every clock, in summer it’s much easier because every clock just goes forward one hour and each time it takes me about a weekend to set all the clocks to the right time."</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span>The royal estates features musical, astronomical and miniature clocks including 600 at the Queen's official London residence Buckingham Palace and 50 at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Scotland. </span></p>
<p>Windsor Castle in Berkshire is where Her Majesty is currently recovering after recent stay in hospital.</p>
<p><em>Image credits: Getty Images / Instagram @theroyalfamily</em></p>
