Kensington Palace
Review – “Courtiers” by Lucy Worsley
I’d heard good things about this book, and I must say it lived up to expectation. Lucy Worsley is the chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that manages several ex-royal residences including Kensington Palace, Hampton Court Palace, the Tower of London, Banqueting House, and Kew Palace. She is responsible for the Enchanted Palace exhibition at Kensington Palace, a creative attempt to bring royal history alive (blog), and her enthusiasm for the human side of royalty is very much in evidence in this book.
Kensington Palace: Enchanted Beyond Belief
Having read about the transformation of the public rooms of Kensington Palace by a group of designers and having seen photos that looked nothing like a palace but quite a lot like a theatrical set design, I decided to have a look for myself during a recent trip to London.