Palate of Kensington
See also: Kensington
The Palais of Kensington is a royal residence in the Jardins of Kensington in the Royal Bourg of Kensington and Chelsea with London. Today it places various elder members of the royal family including the Duc of Gloucester and Prince Michael de Kent and Princesse Michael de Kent.
The original building was built as a Hotel of Nottingham for the Count de Nottingham. It was acquired of him in 1689 by Guillaume III which wanted a residence close to London but far from the bad air to the capital because it was asthmatic. Kensington was at that time a site of village out of London, but more close that the Palate of Hampton Court. The palate was improved and was extended by Christopher Wren.
The last reigning monarch who lived with the Palate of Kensington was Georges II and, after its death in 1760, it was used for the more minor royalty, including the young girl of the Duke of Kent which lived in the palate with his/her mother of widowhood when one announced to him his accession with the throne like Reine Victoria. It was the residence of Diana, the Princess of Wales after her marriage and until its death, and of its sons, the Princes William and Harry, which went to the local nursery then in the private elementary schools of Notting Hill very close to the palate.
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