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We are now leaving the Palace to take a walk through the gardens towards the Round Pond, which you can see from an upstairs window just beyond the statue of Queen Victoria.  On the way there I really must show you the sunken garden:

The Sunken Garden was laid out during the reign of Edward VII [...]

13 Comments CherryPie on Feb 18th 2010

After a quick painless journey on the high speed train (from Ashford) followed by a rather more arduous journey on the tube we arrived at Kensington where we took a brief stroll through the gardens to Kensington Palace.
The official guidebook to the palace opens with the following words:

Welcome to Kensington Palace, once a favoured home [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 10th 2010