Hampton Court Palace Photo 3

Hampton Court Palace

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September 19th 2009
Today we took another half-day trip to Hampton Court to check out the palace. We should have gone to this castle before Windsor because the state rooms and king's apartments were not very impressive. The rooms were completely barren less the art on the walls. It gave the feeling of an art museum rather than a royal palace. The kitchen was the highlight of the audio tour--I learned that the we ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more