Osborne House (PA/Chris Ison)

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Location: East Cowes, Isle of Wight
History: Based just off the south of England on the Isle of Wight, Osborne House was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's rural summer retreat. Built in 1847, Albert designed the house himself in the style of an Italian Renaissance palazzo. The house became surplus to requirements when Victoria died there in 1901 and was handed to the state.

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