What do British people call swimming pools?
In British English, a lido (/ˈliːdoʊ/ LEE-doh, /ˈlaɪdoʊ/ LY-doh) is a public outdoor swimming pool and surrounding facilities, or part of a beach where people can swim, lie in the sun, or participate in water sports. The key difference between a swimming pool and a lido is that a pool can be indoors or outdoors, whereas a lido is always outdoors. In many cases, a lido is located next to an outdoor body of water like a beach, and it will have additional facilities like saunas and sunbathing areas.
Did Diana swim at Buckingham Palace?
Years later, Charles’s wife Princess Diana would reportedly regularly use the pool, swimming laps in the morning. Prince William and Prince Harry, too, learned to swim in Buckingham Palace pool. Prince William and Kate’s family swimming pool at Anmer Hall The Prince and Princess of Wales reportedly have a swimming pool at their country retreat, Anmer Hall on the Sandringham Estate.