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Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington
Gardens in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in
London, England. It has been a residence of the London Property Auction British Royal Family since the 17th century. Today it
is the official residence of The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester;
the Duke and Duchess of Kent; and Prince and Princess Michael
of Kent. Kensington Palace is also used on an unofficial basis
by Prince Harry, as well as his cousin Zara Phillips.[citation
needed] It is Grade I listed.[1]
It was the official residence of Diana, Princess of Wales
London Property Auction (until 1997), of Princess Margaret (until
2002) and of Princess Alice (until 2004).
Kensington Palace south front with its parterres, engraved
by Jan Kip, 1724.
The nearest tubes are in Queensway, Bayswater, High Street
Kensington, or (slightly further) London Property Auction Gloucester
Road.
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History
The original early 17th-century building London england
flats was constructed in the village of Kensington as
Nottingham House for the Earl of Nottingham. It was acquired
from his heir, who was Secretary of State to William III,
in 1689, because the King wanted a residence near London but
away from the smoky air of the capital, because he was asthmatic.
At that time Kensington was a suburban village location outside
London, but more accessible than Hampton Court, London Property Auction a water journey on the Thames. A private road was laid
out from the Palace to Hyde Park Corner, broad enough for
several carriages to travel abreast, part of which survives
today as Rotten Row.
The Palace was improved and extended by Sir Christopher Wren
with pavilions attached to each corner of the central block,
for it now needed paired Royal Apartments approached by the
Great Stairs, a council chamber, and the Chapel Royal. Then,
when Wren re-oriented the house to face west, he built north
and south wings to flank the London Property Auction approach,
made into a proper cour d'honneur that was entered through
an archway surmounted by a clock tower. Nevertheless, as a
private domestic retreat, it was referred to as Kensington
House, London Property Auction rather than 'Palace'. The walled
kitchen gardens at Kensington House supplied fruits and vegetables
for the Court of St. James's.
Kensington Palace
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