\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \pard\tx135\tx3255\tx6525\tx9780\ATXts240\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs22 As a piece of architectural design, Osborne works best from the in
side. With their bay windows offering fine views of the sea and the splendid gardens, the rooms are pleasantly intimate. They are agreeably decked out in a gentle harlequinade of soft blues, pinks, greens and golds. Clearly \b \cf4 \ATXht13221000 Quee
n Victoria\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and her husband meant it to be a family house, with the rooms grouped round a central staircase so that the necessary equerries and ladies-in-waiting could be in discrete attendance around the corner. Linking the two building
s is a large and spacious corridor lined with statues in alcoves and bright Minton tiles. New furniture was designed for the reception rooms on the ground floor, and on the floor above Victoria and \b \cf4 \ATXht10851000 Albert\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 each had
a separate dressing room complete with bath and shower, which was highly progressive for the time. In the 1840s the rooms would not have been as crowded as they now seem. In particular VictoriaÆs private rooms reveal the fruits of a lifetimeÆs hoardin
