tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post9068891091898415976..comments2024-03-12T07:11:33.877+00:00Comments on Regency History: The White House, Kew - a Regency History guideRachel Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-9179167435829024552014-03-03T14:08:19.702+00:002014-03-03T14:08:19.702+00:00Actually, Kew Palace did have associations with Ge...Actually, Kew Palace did have associations with George III's illness as well. The King was confined there during his illness in 1804 after the White House had been demolished.<br /><br />I am not sure how big a royal residence has to be to be officially designated a palace. I am inclined to call any permanent residence of a monarch a palace! Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-6666747177795193182014-02-28T15:48:23.516+00:002014-02-28T15:48:23.516+00:00Thanks- I'd never seen what the White House lo...Thanks- I'd never seen what the White House looked like. I have always found Kew Palace puzzling; it must have been comforting in its small size and seems so intimate in comparison to the great draughty White House, and with none of the rather chilling incarceration connotations for George III. Bt so very small for something names a palace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com