It was a fascinating place. Some of the displays were formal, others were much less so.
There was a really sad room with seventeen little chairs painted black, amongst swags of flowers, to illustrate the deaths of all 17 of Queen Anne's children. One was a little bigger, and there were press cuttings telling us all about Prince William's 11th birthday party, where he danced and danced and had a great time - then died 3 days later. He was the only one who had survived infancy...
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 18/08/2013 07:39 pm (UTC)There was a really sad room with seventeen little chairs painted black, amongst swags of flowers, to illustrate the deaths of all 17 of Queen Anne's children. One was a little bigger, and there were press cuttings telling us all about Prince William's 11th birthday party, where he danced and danced and had a great time - then died 3 days later. He was the only one who had survived infancy...
Such formal gardens, I feel, belong in Gondor!