Sunday, August 11, 2013

Hyde Park and Kensington Palace

Of course, what trip to London is complete without a visit to Hyde Park? Once the fashionable home of Queen Victoria, the setting for the Great Exhibition of 1851, and yet another location featured in my favorite video game--how much more steampunk could it get? 

 












Inside Kensignton palace itself, which is now open to the public, was an exhibit on the life of Queen Victoria!
This was her wedding dress. By the size of it, she probably wasn't much taller than four feet.





Also was a recreation of what the personal rooms of King George would have looked like:










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