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Kensington Palace, set within the leafy expanse of Kensington Gardens in west London, has been a royal residence for more than three centuries and remains a working home for members of the royal family alongside its role as a public attraction. The palace began as a modest mansion that was acquired and enlarged at the end of the seventeenth century by the joint monarchs William and Mary, who sought a residence away from the damp riverside air of Whitehall, and the architect Christopher Wren was ...