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    A royal quarter for us all

    Jun 09, 2021 3 minutes
    Simon Jenkins

    AT last, a new London park. James I gave us Hyde Park. Charles II gave St James’s. George III opened Kensington Gardens. Queen Mary left a Rose Garden in Regent’s Park. England’s monarchs have taken their time handing over London’s medieval hunting grounds to its citizens. Now the last of these is on offer.

    The Prince of Wales has let it be known that he would agree to open the 40 acres of Buckingham Palace gardens—which,

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