00:00I work here at Kensington Palace and one of the top questions I always get is why is it so
00:05small?
00:05It's not as big as Versailles, it's not as big as Buckingham Palace, it's not meant to be.
00:09It's built by William and Mary and at the time they had a gigantic palace in the middle of London
00:14called Whitehall. It was the entire stretch between Big Ben and Trafalgar Square and then
00:18they also got a gigantic castle called Windsor. They've got a gigantic palace called Hampton Court
00:23Palace. This Kensington is meant to be their little retreat, their little garden palace.
00:28It was built around a little small house with blocks added to each corner and it grew slightly
00:32but it was filled with stuff. It was filled with silks. Mary, she buys porcelain, 787 pieces.
00:39William buys art, tons of art. This room here is made as an art gallery. This was their retreat.
00:45It was meant to be plain on the outside and inside absolutely sumptuous.
00:49It was a chocolate box of a palace and it still is.
00:58It's a s family. figures who bought it all back on the outside, let's stay here.
00:58You're ils and you're naoi.
00:58You're a dead man.
00:58You're a dead man.
00:58You
