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Expensive stay
Hot discussion in England: The wing in the venerable London Kensington Palace, in the autumn in the Prince William (31) and his wife Kate (31) want to move in with baby, has been completely renovated.
The cost: one million British pounds, that makes about 1.18 million euros. "A proud little sum, " criticize many Britons.
But not only the high costs for the extension of the so-called Apartment 1A, in which the Queen's sister Margaret resided until her death in 2002, were an issue in all London dailies yesterday, including the size of the property - 21 rooms spread over four floors - was heavily criticized in the articles. "What does a young couple with a child need over 20 rooms?" Was questioned.
To at least somewhat refute the criticism, monarchy-friendly journalists provided good arguments. They wrote: The rooms had been papered and painted in bold pink, turquoise and orange tones at the behest of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon in the 60s in the style of the time and then served as a depot for ten years.
Impossible for today's young people to get in there like William and Kate . In addition, in the interior renovation (710, 000 euros) have a large part of the costs of the removal of old asbestos-containing building materials identified. Very expensive was also the roof renewal (470, 000 euros) had been.
