JR76
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The royal couple, the presidential couple and all the other guests looked abfab at the State Banquet. The venue however is arch-ugly. I know that taste is in the eye of the beholder and no insult intended, but all that frou-frou here and frou-frou there, the furniture shattered over the place, the carpets here and the carpets there and that organ in the banqueting hall. No..., when I think about the usual venues of the other European monarchies, then the banqueting hall at Buckingham Palace is really the ugliest in style and interior.
The British however also have one of the most beautiful and impressive banqueting halls (St. George's Hall at Windsor Castle). That loooong table is impressively amazing. Only minus there are the hideous lampshades on the immense candelabras, seems unique, one does not see these lampshades outside the UK (real candles are preferred).
I think Buckingham Palace would really get a revamp when a skillful hand re-decorates the palace ("Less is more") and is able to remove the pile of antique. After all: one fantastic pendule with two vases on a table in a large room attracts all attention. Four fantastic pendules with two vases each in one room, fighting for attention with three sofas, four side-tables, two pianos, a chamber-screen and two sculptures are 'drowning' in a cluttered and congested room. Empty those rooms! Store the items in depôts and rotate! Other monarchies do and it looks so much better. Just an advice.
I agree with you wholeheartedly Duc.
I suspect that the reason BP's interiors looks the way they do is up to the fact that the Queen is of the age she is and also that she was as young as she was when she took over from her father.
I also think that's the reasons for the British monarchy looking the way it does in general. The Queen was very young when she inherited her position and for many years she left most things as they had been in her parents days and they in turn had done most things the way the Kings parents had before them.
Had QEII come into office ten years later I'm sure that she and Philip had begun the process of downsizing in the way the other European monarchies have done.
Sorry for the long and not at all on the subject of the state visit post.
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