A new exhibition, When Versailles Was Furnished in Silver, which runs until
9 March, gives a visitor a idea of the opulence of Versailles in the reign of Louis XIV. Made up of silver furniture from the great palaces of Europe including Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace...
Posted on Wednesday 2 July, 2008
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Versailles
If you often get lost in large buildings spare a thought for Gordon Brown the
British Prime Minister. Apparently he managed to get lost in Windsor Castle on the
way to a state banquet!...
Posted on Saturday 29 March, 2008
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Windsor Castle
Last year Buckingham Palace announced that it was struggling to find enough money
to fund critical maintenance. It appears the government may be at last providing additional help in the form of one million pounds over the next three years....
Posted on Saturday 8 March, 2008
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Buckingham Palace,
Windsor Castle
After an outcry from Londoners, plans to build two new skyscrapers close to Buckingham Palace have been scraped, or at least modified....
Posted on Tuesday 12 February, 2008
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Buckingham Palace
A new exhibition, When Versailles Was Furnished in Silver, which runs until
9 March, gives a visitor a idea of the opulence of Versailles in the reign of Louis XIV. Made up of silver furniture from the great palaces of Europe including Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace...
Posted on Thursday 7 February, 2008
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Versailles
Buckingham Palace is appealing to the Government to cover a massive shortfall
in the maintenance funds available to them. Millions of pounds are needed to
stop the Royal Palaces from crumbling....
Posted on Friday 29 June, 2007
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Buckingham Palace,
Windsor Castle
For the first time women soldiers are guarding Buckingham Palace and Windsor
Castle....
Posted on Monday 2 April, 2007
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Buckingham Palace,
Windsor Castle