Chapter 260: The Queen's Castle
The castle chosen by Ye Weiyu for the wedding is Leeds Castle, which is known as the "Queen's Castle". Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Located in the southeast of London, 4 miles east of Maidstone, the capital of Kent, known as the "backyard of England", the castle sits on 500 acres of green grass surrounded by an extraordinarily beautiful lake and a beautiful river.
Leeds Castle was built in 857 AD and has a history of more than 1,000 years, making it one of the oldest castles in the UK.
At first it was just a manor, then called Esledes, the domain of the Saxon royal family, originally made of wood. After the Norman invasion in 1066, it was converted into a stone structure and was the residence of the Norman chief at the time, Robe~deCrevecoeur.
In 1278, the castle was taken over by King Edward I, officially transformed into a royal villa and converted into an island in the middle of the river Len valley.
At that time, the British royal family had a custom that successive new kings would give the castle to the queen.
In 1278, Queen Eleanor, Edward I's first queen, moved into Leeds Castle as the first hostess of the castle, and many women from the royal family later came to live or escape the ravages of war. For the next three centuries, Leedsburg became the royal palace of six queens, hence the name "Queen's Castle".
It is also famous in the history of England and architecture, so it is also known as the "Queen of the Castle".
In 1821, the Martin family bought Leedsburgh, but it went bankrupt when the castle was rebuilt.
In 1926, Lady Baillie bought Leedsburg for $873,000, becoming the last and longest-serving owner of the castle. The castle was rebuilt several times by Madame Bailey, and the final appearance was formed: a Gothic appearance, a magnificent interior, surrounded by birds and flowers, earning it the reputation of "the loveliest castle in the world".
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The first thing they needed to visit was the manager of Leeds Castle, the Leeds Castle Foundation, which is a government-run foundation responsible for the maintenance, maintenance and external operations of the castle.
As Leeds Castle is a famous tourist attraction in the UK, it is open to the public and charges an entrance fee. The wedding of Lin Feng and Ye Weiyu requires two days of chartering the castle, during which how to coordinate private and public resources, including the protection of the precious historical relics in the castle, requires specific negotiations between the two parties.
Of course, for the sake of Lin Feng's rich man's check, it is actually not complicated.
The two sides agreed that Leeds Castle would not sell tickets to the public for the next two days, and Lin Feng not only had to bear the corresponding costs, but also signed a large stack of pledges for the protection of the cultural relics in the castle.
For Lin Feng's request that fireworks be set off at the castle on the night of February 14, the Foundation has special personnel to be responsible.
After all, every year, Leeds Castle hosts open-air concerts and spectacular fireworks and gun salutes on the huge lawns around it.
Subsequently, accompanied by the manager of the Leeds Castle Foundation, a 40-year-old and still very elegant Grace (Grace), Lin Feng and his party went to Leeds Castle to see where their wedding was about to be held.
Ten minutes later they were in the car park at Leeds Castle, and Grace explained: "Normally, people come to visit and need to walk in from here, because it's surrounded by lawns and botanical gardens, it's a park in total, and a lot of people in London like to come here on weekends. ”
Lin Feng looked at the road with barricades in front of him and asked, "On the wedding day, is it okay to drive in?"
Grace nodded and smiled: "Yes, the Foundation staff will remove the barricades then, but in terms of security, there is nothing we can do, I hope you can hire a professional security company then." ”
Colin smiled beside him: "Yes, considering that there will be a lot of VIPs coming to this wedding, and there are also many precious historical relics in the castle, we have hired G4S." ”
Lin Feng nodded, because among the guests he invited, in addition to relatives, friends and colleagues at home, there were many celebrities, in addition to domestic people like Yang Yuanqing, Ding Sanshi, Ma Huateng and others, there were also Ellison (Oracle), Tom Anderson and Chris Dverfeld (founder of Myspace), Zuckerberg, and most importantly, Comrade Guanhai...... , although he is now only a senator, but also has to strengthen security.
G4S is the largest private security company in the UK and the world. Founded last year by the merger of Securicor and Group 4 Falck, they are clearly professional in this area, and leaving things to professional people is the principle that Lin Feng has always adhered to.
As they spoke, several people walked along the path of the lawn towards the castle.
The closer you get to the castle, the more beautiful the surrounding scenery becomes.
Dense woods, large lawns, many rare birds roam freely in it.
"Ah, Lin Feng, look, peacock! it's so beautiful!" Ye Weiyu took Lin Feng's hand, and suddenly exclaimed.
Following her finger, in the lawn not far away, a snow-white peacock walked leisurely in the lawn.
Grace smiled: "Vivian, your luck is very good, there are many peacocks here, but white peacocks are very rare, it is usually difficult to see, you are very lucky today." ”
"Can I go over and touch her?" Ye Weiyu couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked.
"Of course," Grace smiled and nodded.
"Yezi, be careful, don't be bitten by it" Lin Feng was a little uneasy.
"It's okay, I'll be careful", Ye Weiyu ran into the lawn happily, Lin Feng glanced at Zhao Jing, and Zhao Jing followed quickly.
But now it's February, it's not yet the estrus period of the peacock, and there are a lot of tourists here, this white peacock may also be used to close contact with humans, very docile, Ye Weiyu smoothly touched its feathers, excitedly called: "I touched it!"
Returning to Lin Feng's side, Ye Weiyu also looked back at the peacock from time to time, overjoyed.
At the end of the park is a labyrinth of more than 2,400 yew trees, which is also the famous labyrinth of Leeds Castle and the first hedge maze in Europe.
"It's really like in a TV series!" Don't say Ye Wei this time, even Sun Lin, who was following behind, looked excited.
Sure enough, this queen's castle can please women......
But there was no time for them to play in circles in the maze today, Lin Feng smiled: "On the wedding day, you can have fun, let's go into the castle and have a look." This persuaded a few girls.
An ancient stone bridge connects the classical and beautiful castle in the middle of the lake, and stands quietly in front of everyone.
The stone walls made of large stones confirm the vicissitudes of life it has experienced for thousands of years, but the soft water of the surrounding lake makes it so beautiful and moving.
In a few days, this will be the happiest place for Ye Weiyu.
She will be here, the queen's castle, the queen's room, wearing a dazzling crown, wearing a beautiful wedding dress, and becoming the bride of Lin Feng.
Ye Wei stood at the head of the stone bridge stupidly, looking at this ancient castle, and felt like crying.