Today on the 8th of July, my friend and I went to Kew Palace and Kew Gardens.
Built in 1631, Kew Palace was built for a wealthly London Merchant called Samuel Fortrey. By the 1750s it was used as a school house for young Princes and bought b the Roal Family. After 1801 it became a Palace itself. King George III, Queen Charlotte and their children lived in Kew Palace during the infamous time of the King's apparant insanit, now recognised as porphyria. Queen Charlotte died at Kew Palce in 1818, and today we saw the chair that she died in. Slightl eery but interesting non the less. After her death it was no longer used as a Royal Palace but we learnt today that Queen Elizabeth had her 80th birthday in the Palace. It is located in a gorgeous picturesque setting in Kew Gardens and it was such a lovely day it made it seem all the more beautiful.
As usual I felt quite at home, but there was a strange eeriness that I didn't really like upstairs....spooky but still beautiful. Oh and I got my first pair of Hunter Boots or wellies, and I am super excited about! I got an original Hunter boot, in pink of course and they have been around in Britain for 150 years. Designed to battle Britain's rugged and wet terrain, these spectacular boots even have a Royal Warrant of HM from the Queen who wears no other wellies!
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