Andrew Cartwright, Windsor Castle
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I’m
standing in line to enter Inside
the castle, I am with a group of visitors being led down a long gallery,
furnished with tapestries, ornate upholstered furniture, chandeliers –
the trappings of a royal residence. I move across towards the wall on
the right hand side of the room. I’m not walking but floating /
gliding on a rug which may have wheels under it. Cut
to another interior. A house in which I am living. I look out of the
window at grey skies and the backs of houses. The window frames are
rotting. There have been poor attempts made to repair the frame with the
children’s building blocks. Cracks and holes in the skirting boards
have been repaired with sellotape. I look at the ceiling and see water
leaking through the plaster at the point where the wall joins the
ceiling. Droplets are forming. I rush upstairs. The
bathroom is huge. There are three showers, all of which are on full. I
cannot turn them off but someone tells me that it doesn’t matter because
this is a “millions of pounds per night hotel”.
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