\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 Many British sovereigns have preferred to build new residences for themselves rather than simply adopt and adapt to t
he heritage of their forebearers. \b \cf4 \ATXht13221000 Queen Victoria\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was no exception. At her own expense she built Osborne House as her seaside residence on the Isle of Wight in 1845. Her husband, the Prince Consort, played a prom
inent part in the design of the house, conceiving it as an Italian villa. The Queen died here in 1901 and her private apartments have been preserved more or less unaltered. Crowded with furniture and bric-a-brac, they epitomise the style we call æVicto
