万花筒 2011-11-18&11-20 英女王奥运期间将出租皇宫
时间：2012-03-30 07:38:11
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These are tough times. But we were surprised to learn today that the Queen of England has decided1 to join other London homeowners and rent out rooms during the Olympics next summer. So would you like to rent maybe with the refrigerator, at say, St. James Palace? ABC's Nick Watson is in London.
This is the oldest palace in this antique city and we were given an exclusive tour.
--When you see all this gold, it is gold.
Built nearly 500 years ago by a besotted king for his lovely queen before he chopped her head off or a
lighter2 note, Kate and William announced their engagement here. But this is the tale of lifestyles of the rich end-
frugal3.
The queen is very frugal and there is a sort of ness of bill charge that she walks around the palace at certain time to switch off lights.
Her utility builds budget two million
bucks4. She's already ditch the royal yacht and the royal train but they still need cash to repair their
crumbling5 grandeur6.
Buckingham Palace is falling to pieces. So the queen's throwing open the doors of St. James's Palace to
corporate7 smoothers for a
rumored8 50,000 dollars a day.
--Only one who has been able has passed through the rooms.
The closest Olympic
venue9 is beach volleyball around the corner. I am not kidding.
But there is a line the queen went cross, she won't take
lodgers10 at Buckingham Palace.
You are not gonna see any playing guests moving into Buckingham Palace at all, no matter how much money they have got.
Thank goodness, a wafe,the royal mystic
remains11.
Nick Watson, ABC News, London.
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