Set at the point farthest west in Kensington Gardens, close to where the vast mansions given over to foreign embassies sit, and just five minutes chauffeur-driven limo from Kensington High Street and Knightsbridge, Kensington Palace is one of the most fashionable addresses in town. In fact, the exhibitions here are always worth checking out if you’re more interested in royal design (clothes, art, architecture) than royal history. That said, the place still has plenty of interesting stories to tell from centuries past, too.
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