Kensington Palace, the Birthplace of the Queen

Kensington Palace, the Birthplace of the Queen is a work by Ernest Law, covering the state rooms, pictures, and gardens. The text says the palace was built by William and Mary, occupied by Queen Anne as one of her favourite residences, enlarged by George I. and greatly appreciated by George II. and his queen, Caroline. The text says Her Majesty decided on opening the State Apartments free to the public on the 24th of May, 1899, during Her Majesty’s pleasure.

The text says that a building known as Nottingham House was bought from Daniel Finch, the second earl, for the sum of 18,000 guineas, in the summer or autumn of 1689, by King William III. The text says that at Kensington Palace, one April afternoon in the year 1710, the great Duchess Sarah could get only the phrase You desired no answer and you shall have none in reply to her inquiring entreaties. Under a heading on Kent's Alterations in the King's Grand Staircase, the text says that under the first arch begins the wide flight of black marble steps, with two landings in the ascent.