Cung diện nầy sẽ zành cho (cặp vợ chồng mới kưới: cô Kate và chàng Will) : Dó là Công tước & fu nhân cũa xứ Cambridge ỡ.
Chĩ
cần thu tiền vào cữa cũa một số lượng zu khách quá 400,000 người thăm
viếng hằng năm kung diện nầy, cô Kate và cậu Will sẽ dũ tiền ăn xài rồi
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Nice pad, but I bet Kate changes the wallpaper!
As Kensington Palace opens to the public after a £12m makeover we take an exclusive tour of Kate and Will's new home
By Robert Hardman
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Not
since the Windsor fire of 1992, has there been a royal makeover on this
scale. Indeed, the last time a palace went through a facelift of this
magnitude, it was courtesy of a German bomb.
In
the case of Kensington Palace, however, this £12million transformation
has not been prompted by any misfortune but by years of careful
planning. Admittedly, there has been one unexpected, 11th-hour
alteration to the designs.
But
no one is complaining about the decision of the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge to set up home here — because their presence in the private
wing of the palace is only going to draw even more visitors through the
doors on the public side.
Moving in: Soon Kensington Palace will be home to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
Palace
of varieties: Mail writer Robert Hardman stands by the modern luminous
lace piece - a light sculpture made of more than two miles of
electroluminescent wire
A
few days ago, the Queen came to Kensington to re-open what used to be
the seat of royal power until the monarchy moved to Buckingham Palace.
Before she cut the ribbon, she toured the rooms where Queen Victoria
grew up and inspected the new displays which feature everything from
Prince Albert’s tongue-scraper to a new range of Diana, Princess of
Wales, wallpaper and a very creepy children’s birthday party (of which
more later).
‘We’ve
set out to awaken a sleeping beauty,’ announced Charles Mackay, the
chairman of Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity which runs
the place. He might equally have called it a sleeping giant. Because,
after years in the heritage doldrums, KP is finally exploiting its true
potential as one of the capital’s major tourist attractions.
The
restored formal gardens: After years in the heritage doldrums, KP is
finally exploiting its true potential as one of the capital's major
tourist attractions
Centrepiece:
The statue of Queen Victoria sculpted by her daughter Princess Louise
has been spruced up and is looking as good as new
Splendour:
The King's Grand Staircase, The £12 million refurbishment has been paid
for with cash reserves, Lottery funding and support from charitable
trusts like the Clore Duffield, Gosling and Rothermere foundations
A
staff member in period costume sweeps through the King's State Rooms:
First opened to tourists in Victorian times, Kensington Palace has long
been a collection of flats for royal relatives - the Duke of Windsor
used to call it 'the Aunt Heap'
The
Historic Royal Palaces team believe Kensington Palace has to appeal to
all ages and tastes if it is to boost its annual visitor numbers from
the usual 300,000 to upwards of 400,000
An aerial view of the Kensington Palace which used to be the Royal seat of power until the monarchy moved to Buckingham Palace
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