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For the first time in English history, common people began to take possession of their king’s goods, moving through palaces specifically designed to exclude them and to reinforce the awe and wonder central to the power and mystique of monarchy. … … It was a remarkable moment of liberation - or violation, depending on your political persuasion - and it was to resonate for generations.
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Finally, the trustees came to the most private room of all: the king’s bedchamber. … Despite the public celebration of his filial piety in commissioning Ruben’s Banqueting House ceiling, Charles chose not to hang a picture of James I. Instead, the trustees were confronted with the other two men who had loomed so large in the king’s life” his long-dead elder brother, ‘Prince Henry in armour’, painted by Van Dyck, and George Villiers, Duck of Buckingham.
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