Royal Pavilion

We arranged to meet Alison at 8.45 am at her flat and then to take a bus into Brighton Our major aim for the morning was to visit the Royal Pavilion. As my digital camera had been malfunctioning I decided to buy a new camera, so our first stop was a 'Jessops' camera store where I soon found a good deal. We then took a bus the rest of the way down to the Pavilion.
Brighton was England's first seaside resort. The Prince of Wales at the time, built the pavilion on the site of a farmhouse where he had often satyed with his wife, Mrs Fitzherbert (whome he had secretly married). He needed an extravagent setting for his lavish parties so he employed John Nash to transform the original house into a lavish Oriental palace. The building was completed in 1822 and it has remained largely unaltered on the exterior since that time.
Queen Victoria sold the Pavilion to Brighton town in 1850 because it was too small and not sufficiently private to accommodate her large family. She also disliked the place as she could not view the sea from her rooms.
It is an amazing building. My favourite rooms were the Great Kitchen and the Banqueting room. The Prince's epic banquets required a huge kitchen. The vast cooking ranges and long shelves of gleaming copper pans in a great variety of sizes were used by famous chefs of the day.