The Grand Hall

Beneath the balcony railings of the Entrance Foyer are the massive arched doors that remain permanently open, leading onto the Grand Hall. Used rarely but always on show for the few guided tours the castle allows, the room is white marble in all respects until the dark ornate wooden coving of the ceilings. With vaulted architecture spanning the length of the hall, pillars near the walls mark off each five metre span. Around these pillars is draped white gossamer fabric that falls to the floor in waterfalls to pool at the base. At the far end of the Grand Hall stands the white thrones of the King and Queen on a raise circular tier, in all their majesty.