A NEW 'ENCHANTED PALACE' EXHIBITION WILL BE OPENING AT KENSINGTON PALACE ON 6.MARCH. ROOMS AT THE ROYAL RESIDENCE WERE TRANSFORMED TO REFLECT THE LIVES OF QUEENS AND PRINCESSES WHO USED TO LIVE THERE. THE AMAZING EXPERIENCE WAS CREATED USING INTERACTIVE THEATER, FILM PROJECTIONS, STORYTELLING AND DRAMATIC INSTALLATIONS BY FASHION DESIGNERS SUCH AS VIVIENNE WESTWOOD AND WILLIAM TEMPEST AND MILLINER STEPHEN JONES. HIGHLIGHTS WITHIN THE STATE APARTMENTS INCLUDE QUEEN VICTORIA'S BEDROOM, THE CHAMBER IN WHICH SHE AWOKE TO LEARN SHE WAS QUEEN. IT FEATURES AN AVANT-GARDE INTERPRETATION BY TEMPEST OF A PERIOD DRESS INCLUDING 2,000 ORIGAMI BIRDS. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ARE TWO DRESS WHICH BELONGED TO DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES AND PRINCESS MARGARET, BOTH OF WHOM USED TO LIVE IN THE LONDON HOME. VIVIENNE WESTWOOD'S CREATION IS A 'DRESS FOR A REBELLIOUS PRINCESS' INSPIRED BY KING GEORGE'S IV'S DAUGHTER PRINCESS CHARLOTTE ANS IS ON DISPLAY IN THE KING'S GRAND STAIRCASE. HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES' CURATOR ALEXANDRA KIM DESCRIBED THE EXHIBITION AS A 'TRULY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER THE HIDDEN STORIES OF KENSINGTON PALACE.' THE PALACE IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A £12 MILLION REVAMP WITH MAJOR WORKS SET TO START IN JUNE THIS YEAR. THE RENOVATION PROJECT, DUE TO BE COMPLETED IN 2012 IN TIME FOR THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE AND THE LONDON OLYMPICS, WILL IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY AND FACILITIES. THE ENCHANTED PALACE, IS PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE THEATER COMPANY WILDWORKS AND WILL RUN UNTIL 2012.
:: The Enchanted Palace, in association with the theatre company Wildworks, opens on March 26 and runs until 2012.
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