Kew Palace, a small royal residence in Richmond, London, was used by the British royal family since the early 1700s. It has a close association with King George III, who suffered from psychiatric problems. The palace has been turned into a museum, and visitors can see traces of George III’s studies before his madness. Kew Palace is set amongst lovely gardens and glasshouses, known as Kew Gardens or the Royal Botanic Gardens. Queen Charlotte’s Cottage is also located near Kew Palace. Madame Tussaud has created a wax representation of the head of George III, which is on display at the palace.
Kew Palace is one of the smallest royal residences in Britain, having been used by the British royal family since the early 1700s. Its size makes it more comparable to a grand manor house than a proper palace, but even so it doesn’t lack grandeur , beauty, grace or history. Today its halls constitute a museum dedicated to the royals who resided there. At the time royalty started living there, it was called the Dutch House. King George III and Queen Charlotte moved into the house in 1801. The house has a close association with George III, as this is where he was kept out of society as he suffered from psychiatric problems, and is now believed to have suffered from a condition called porphyria.
A number of rooms at Kew Palace have been modeled as they were in the time of King George III. Particularly on the second floor, the rooms have remained untouched for a few hundred years. Within the walls of Kew Palace visitors can see traces of George III’s studies before his madness, especially in his library which housed volumes on drawing, exploration and science. His mind went into further decline after the death of Princess Amelia, his daughter, and visitors can also see the princess’s bedroom.
Kew Palace is set amongst lovely gardens and glasshouses, known as Kew Gardens or the Royal Botanic Gardens, and is located in west London, in Richmond. The gardens were internationally famous in the 1800s. After the death of George III, the gardens went into decline and were eventually restored when it became the National Botanic Garden.
Queen Charlotte’s Cottage is also located near Kew Palace, in Kew Gardens. The rustic, thatched cottage is where she held informal gatherings such as picnics and tea. Exotic tigers had once been kept in the cottage by Queen Caroline, but in Queen Charlotte’s time the animals were less exotic and included peacocks and cattle. At Kew Palace there is a piece of furniture known as Queen Charlotte’s Chair which is where the Queen died in 1818.
Frenchman Samuel Fortrey, a silk merchant, had Kew Palace built in 1631. George III, before becoming king, used the palace as a school from 1751, and he and his brother lived there with their instructors. He later raised merino sheep at Kew Palace. Madame Tussaud, the famous wax sculptor, has created a wax representation of the head of George III, which is on display at the palace.
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