31. On Thursday, the North Korean visitors were given a heavily guarded tour of a royal Korean palace built hundreds of years ago. 32. On Wednesday, the royal palace announced that it would allow the royal survivors to be questioned, an unusual practice that usually offends royal sensibilities. 33. Others come from the royal palaces in Madrid, El Escorial, Aranjuez and El Pardo. 34. Playing frisbee in the rain outside the old royal palace in Cetinje, they are best friends. 35. Several rooms from the royal palaces also have been re-created. 36. Some cite the Sun King, Louis XIV, who when visited by a group of Croatian mercenaries at the royal palace admired their silk scarves. 37. The decorating schemes lean heavily on creme and gold, but the tone is far lighter, airier than the French or Italian royal palaces. 38. The immense Gothic building, on the Ile de la Cite, was once a royal palace. 39. The oath technically makes Abdullah the regent of the royal palace, or acting ruler. 40. The trip upriver to Hampton Court, the former royal palace, takes about three to four hours. |