When we went to England this past May, one of the sites we toured was Blenheim Palace. Here is a short video tour of the palace, which has been all decked out for the holidays. Happy Christmas! A little history: Blenheim Palace is a monumental country house on a grand scale situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. The palace is the ancestral residence of the Dukes of Marlborough and the only non-royal, non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of "palace." The palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and 1724, and later became the home of the Churchill family where for the next 300 years various members of that family made alterations to the building's interior, and changes to the estate's park and gardens. The structure is so enormous that it served as the offices for the British secret intelligence service (MI6) during World War II. At the end of the 19th century, the palace and the Churchills were saved from ruin by an American marriage. Thus, the exterior of the palace remains in good repair and exactly as completed.
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