\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph11340 \plain \fs20 \pard\tx3255\tx6525\tx9780\ATXts240\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs22 During the Edwardian era, when LondonÆs self-confidence and metropolitan
aspirations were at their highest, it was felt that improvements were needed in the approach to Buckingham Palace from Trafalgar Square. The task was entrusted to Sir Ashton Webb, who had designed the new front section of the \b \cf4 \ATXht11851000 Vict
oria & Albert\b0 \b Museum\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 between 1899 and 1901. He added the Admiralty Arch of 1908-1909 to provide a ceremonial entrance to the Mall, and in 1913 completed his scheme with the new faτade for Buckingham Palace: a dignified if somewhat
