\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \pard\tx0\ATXts240\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs22 Down in the south of England, in the elegant coastal town of Brighton, there is a royal p
alace quite unlike anything to be found elsewhere. At the beginning of the 1800s Brighton was becoming a fashionable seaside resort under the patronage of the man who was later to become \b \cf4 \ATXht13211000 George IV\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . When in 1811 h
is father,\cf4 \ATXht13201000 \b King George III\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , grew too sick to reign, he consigned authority to his son, who thus became the Prince Regent. During his regency he engaged John Nash to transform a seaside house in Brighton into a gor
geous Pavilion that was decorated and furnished in an Oriental style of exotic grandeur. With its onion-domed roofs and its splendid Chinese-style interiors, the Brighton Pavilion speaks for a flamboyance and a light-hearted enjoyment of the good life
that became the hallmark of the Regency period. For the Prince Regent, the Royal Pavilion was a consuming passion that endured for some thirty-five years. He was determined that the palace should be the ultimate in comfort and convenience.
