Surreal and unexpected: What it’s like to tour Buckingham Palace’s renovated East Wing
The tickets are £75, and not all of the art sits easily in the 21st century, yet you emerge not outraged but starry-eyed
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The tickets are £75, and not all of the art sits easily in the 21st century, yet you emerge not outraged but starry-eyed
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