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/JAMES DEVANEY

Atenderkissthat captured the public’s imagination. Kate

MiddletonandPrinceWilliamtiedtheknotin2011.LikeWilliam’s

parentsPrinceCharlesandPrincessDianabeforethemthenewlyweds

appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace post wedding service.

Oneofthemost

romantic balconies is

actually a sarcophagus!

In the early 20th

century the people

of Verona Italy were

sotiredofhavingto

tell the flocks of tourists

that the balcony

in Shakespeare’s

Romeo and Julietdidn’t

existthattheycobbled

one together from an

old con.

Ifyouwanttoadmirethe royal box of Milan’s La Scala from

theinsideyouwilleitherneedtobookaguidedtourofthefamous

operahouseorhopeforaninvitationfromtheItalianpresident.

The opulent theatre balcony is reserved for leading lights from the

world of politics and foreign dignitaries.