Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Buckingham Palace, London home of the British royal family.

1913		Alaska Citizen 21 July 6/3: Buckingham Palace, with the Princess, is always ‘Buck House’.
1922		David, Earl Beatty Letter 28 Feb. in Chalmers Life & Letters (1951) 390: A succession of very heavy solemn collections of functions at Buck House [OED].
1956		‘Charles Raven’ Und. Nights 43: He left his post in the sentry box at Buck House.
1963–74		B. Humphries Barry McKenzie [comic strip] in Complete Barry McKenzie (1988) 108: I didn’t let that bastard into Buck House.
1977		S. Berkoff East in Decadence and Other Plays (1985) 75: She was honoured by our great and glorious Queen. She went down to Buck House.
1983		J. Sullivan ‘Healthy Competition’ Only Fools and Horses [TV script] Little Prince William has one of these little fluffy toys in his nursery in Buck House.
1999		Indep. 17 Sept. 3: Leave Buck House. It’s time to pass the royal baton to Charles.
2000		Guardian G2 26 July 3: A van is dispatched daily [...] with 150 sandwiches for Buck House.
2012		D. O’Donnell Locked Ward (2013) 323: He was apprehended by a bobby as he attempted to talk his way into Buck House.
2013		Guardian 13 Dec. 🌐 Her Majesty’s approach to party food is somewhat frugal. Buck Pal receptions are all 1970’s vol-au-vents.