Bypassing the queues, you will enter the palace through the privileged "Golden Gate" VIP entrance with guest rooms, private checkroom and restrooms. Before or at the end of the tour you will be offered tea/coffee in the hall where all honored guests, including the President of the Russian Federation, were received, and then you will move on to the main enfilade.
For an additional fee, you can view the newly restored Church of the Ascension, the private chambers or Alexander Palace.