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Durbar Room Osborne House #120462803
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Durbar Room Osborne House. Designed by Rudyard Kiplingââ¬â¢s father, Lockwood, and master carver Bhai Ram Singh, this unique room is detailed with intricate Indian-style plaster work to reflect Queen Victoriaââ¬â¢s then status as Empress of India.nnThe room was the venue for ceremonial dinners for European royalty and the backdrop to Queen Victoriaââ¬â¢s favourite theatrical entertainments. A new banqueting table re-creates the scene of a dinner held in the Durbar Room in the late 19th century, and Indian gifts are displayed in new cabinets.
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