文本: Building works on the palace dragged on through the finalyears of George's reign. By the time he died in 1830, costs had more thanquadrupled. As soon as the King was dead, his ever-obedient architectJohn Nash was hauled before the courts to

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文本: Yet even when the young Queen Victoria moved in in 1837, much of thepalace was still unfurnished and uncomfortable. Victoriawas delighted to move into Buckingham Palace. She couldn't movein fast enough. In fact, she insisted on moving in be

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文本: And that's an accurate portrayal of their relationship,because when it came to affairs of state, she was the one in charge, which leftpoor old Albert here, certainly in the early years, rather bored andfrustrated. What was needed was someth

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文本: Just to give you an inkling of quite how opulent it was, at one supper for 3,000 guests, there was a single table the entire length of the building, incorporating a stream all the way along it, with live goldfish, imagine. For years, George

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Many of these beautiful works of art are kept in buildings that used to be palaces. 这些美丽的艺术品,其中很多都存放在原本是宫殿的建筑物里。 The palaces in Florence look more like prisons than palaces. 佛罗伦萨的宫殿看

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