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It was a celebration of the Victorian age as much as it was of Victoria. Of a powerful, industrialised nation, and an Empire on which the sun never set. The palace too was given a final facelift. After decades of Victorian smog had taken their toll, the front was redesigned and faced in the white Portland stone we recognise today. It was a symbol of national confidence, and yet within months, the country would be at war. World War I saw Britain changed forever, but it was World War II that devastated London. |
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zhè shì duì wéi duō lì yà shí dài de qìng zhù, jiù xiàng wéi duō lì yà nǚ wáng běn rén nà yàng, tǒng zhì zhe qiáng dà de gōng yè huà guó jiā. hái yǒu yí gè rì bù là dì guó, gōng diàn zuì zhōng de miàn mào yě de yǐ dìng xíng. lì jīng jǐ shí nián de fēng yǔ fú chén zhī hòu, gōng diàn qián mén chóng xīn shè jì, cǎi yòng bái sè shí huī shí jiàn zào jiù chéng le jīn tiān wǒ men suǒ shú zhī de xíng xiàng. zhè shì guó mín zì xìn xīn de biāo zhì, jǐ gè yuè hòu, guó jiā jiù xiàn rù le zhàn zhēng. dì yī cì shì jiè dà zhàn jiàn zhèng le yīng guó yǒng jiǔ xìng de gǎi biàn, dàn zài èr zhàn zhōng, lún dūn bèi cuī huǐ. |