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Amid all the flash and bling, an alabaster weight used to hold down the cloth spreads that covered palace floors during the hot months could easily escape notice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

In response, the royal palace vowed to allocate the equivalent of £11.2bn in the 2026 budget to health and education, which represents a 16% increase year-on-year.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Trump for dinner at Versailles after a G7 summit last month, with the US president calling the palace of the Sun King Louis XIV "the real deal".

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

In a theatrical touch, around two dozen soldiers wearing historic-style suits of armour, pointed helmets and what appeared to be fake beards and moustaches stood outside the palace itself.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

“It was so. He put it in the dining room, and left the palace for Time to eat it.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Beijing has spent hundreds of millions of dollars building sports stadiums, presidential palaces, hospitals and roads in Pacific island nations.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

The National Audit Office recently revealed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's daughters, Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, were not working royals but had properties in royal palaces.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Fans traveling to the Austrian capital will find a rich backdrop of Baroque palaces, world-class concert halls, riverside cafés and vibrant markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Before that, most movie palaces across the U.S. did not allow food and drinks inside auditoriums, as they wanted to preserve their carpets, rugs and upholstered seats, Melnick said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

In place of walls, some palaces were surrounded by thorny hedges.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin