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[00:00.00]This is the King's dining room, and appropriately enough, the theme is food.
[00:05.00]Just look at this amazing ceiling painted by the celebrated Antonio Verrio.
[00:12.00]And it certainly lives up to its title, The Banquet Of The Gods.
[00:15.00]Charles chose to create his palace in the latest style sweeping through Europe - baroque.
[00:22.00]Its grandeur and ambition proclaimed the restoration of the monarchy.
[00:26.00]I think the Baroque style fitted very well with Charles II's sense of what monarchy looked like.
[00:33.00]You know, it was kind of big, bold, and it sort of smacked you on the chops.
[00:40.00]It's not a restrained style. It's kind of exuberant.
[00:43.00]It's colourful, and it's full of human beings.
[00:47.00]It's kind of fleshy, if you like.
[00:49.00]It really was like a fabulous stage set.