Schloss Benrath is a perfect miniature jewellery box of a palace, with a suite of rooms each for the Elector and Electress on either side of the house, connected by a secret corridor (secret tunnel!) through the middle of the house, and three large receptions rooms on either side of the house.

As promised in my last post, a whole post about THE MOST BONKERS FABULOUS TABLE CENTREPIECE I’VE EVER SEEN. Just look at it…