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mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eLiving like a king today would call for some rebellion from what royal lifestyles are supposed to encompass-for instance, say, a wedding party for a favourite dog or silk-lined travel trunks for bejewelled shoes. While opulence and excesses are half the fun in the retelling of royal ways, the lifestyle how-\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003etos\u003c\/span\u003e that have made their way into this book are presented with the idea that the keys to regal living can be turned even by those of us who live and entertain in a city flat and travel with carry-on luggage.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eHere you will see how a \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ebandgala\u003c\/span\u003e waistcoat with a secret cut can do the talking for you at a dinner party. A hostess with the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003emostest\u003c\/span\u003e shares just where and how to break the rules of a conventional table setting, and the ingredients are revealed of a home-made beauty scrub given to a princess the day before her wedding. If you are looking for intrigue in this book there is that too. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003elime pickle with a closely guarded recipe is mixed when no one watches and an avowed non-vegetarian who drops into a princely home usually known for its meat unwittingly polishes off a plate of \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003elauki\u003c\/span\u003e kebabs. I hope you will have a bit of fun trying out these royal household secrets. 1, for one, have immediately put to use tips from an interior decorator to royal houses who offers ideas on how to make a small room look big or, if you want it, formal.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eRoyal Reservation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003estarted as a travel show taking us to palaces, many of which, for me, were first-time discoveries. Let me share with you just one chapter from the adventure, luck and anecdotes that made the series. This is the story of our visit to one such palace and the memories I brought home from there.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eA ROYAL \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHIGH\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eMy first appointment with Raja \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eJigmed\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eNamgyal\u003c\/span\u003e of \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eLadakh\u003c\/span\u003e is in Delhi, over coffee at Cafe Coffee Day. He graciously offers me a cappuccino and says I must also have something to eat. I settle in with a coffee and cake while he takes calls on his mobile phone. From how loudly he needs to speak, I assume he's talking to someone stranded in a snowstorm in \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eNubhra\u003c\/span\u003e Valley.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eI imagine camps with small fires, and a wrinkly tea vendor heating yak milk in a metal pot. The call gets disconnected and I snap out of my daydream. \u003cspan class=\"GramE\"\u003eBack to business.\u003c\/span\u003e This is my chance to get some interview dates from Raja \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eJigmed\u003c\/span\u003e. A lot can happen over coffee, promises a poster. Not for a travel journalist trying to fix shoot dates with the distinguished 62nd \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eChogyal\u003c\/span\u003e descendant of warrior lineage.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e'Can we shoot with you this summer?' I ask.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e'We can see,' he replies.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e'Can we fix the dates for early August?' I ask again.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eHe asks, 'Another biscuit?'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e'Thank you. Sir, can we fix dates for the end of August?'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e'Let me return to \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eLadakh\u003c\/span\u003e. We can see.'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eI left that meeting with caffeine-fuelled fantasies of \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eLadakh\u003c\/span\u003e and no real clarity.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ePhone calls and emails back and forth didn't change much. He is a busy man. There is only one way out that I can see.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eI'll just have to ambush the warrior king on his home ground.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eA few weeks later, an all-girl crew of \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eMandakini\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eAnanya\u003c\/span\u003e and I are boarding the short propeller flight to \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eLeh\u003c\/span\u003e. I hate flights, hate high altitudes and hate the cold. Fortunately, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eMandakini\u003c\/span\u003e is in her element when in the mountains, so she cheered me up.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eIn the little family-owned bed-and-breakfast somewhere in \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eLeh\u003c\/span\u003e town, our crew has a compulsory day of rest. I concentrate on conserving energy, moving as little as possible. I move only for the essentials-toothbrush, fork, ketchup, edge of duvet. The next day comes early and a Himalayan room without heating needs no wake-up call. We pack our gear into a jeep and drive for an hour to \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eStok\u003c\/span\u003e Palace, the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eNamgyal\u003c\/span\u003e residence.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eI like talking about \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eStok\u003c\/span\u003e Palace because most people have never heard of it. It sounds distant, exotic and makes me look like I am familiar with unusual places. Talking about \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eStok\u003c\/span\u003e is one thing. Turning up there, unsure if you are expected, is quite another. High on a hill, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eStok\u003c\/span\u003e Palace seems straight out of a childhood fable. At certain angles it appears to be suspended on a cloud or magically perched on leafless willows.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eWe stop where the earth road ends at the palace gates. \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eSorneoru\u003c\/span\u003e finally peers through the grille. Together, the three of us head out of the car; holler 'press', 'Delhi', 'Raja', 'shooting', a \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ejumbl\u003c\/span\u003e: of \u003cspan class=\"GramE\"\u003ekeywords that miraculously throws\u003c\/span\u003e open the palace gate. The main structure looms thick and white but for a few \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003einsanel\u003c\/span\u003e: colourful windows.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eWe walk up the mossy stone stairs, taking deep breaths of the fresh thin air. Finally, we enter a courtyard guarded by two men \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ewhos\u003c\/span\u003e: glares are an excellent security enforcer. They say not a word, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ekee\u003c\/span\u003e] their arms folded, lips pursed and eyes fixed on us. These are no people you ask directions from, or even the way to the loo.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ePerhaps I should text Raja \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eJigmed\u003c\/span\u003e and say we are inside hi: home. Then he might send a message to the guards saying we car: be allowed to pass. But as I fumble for my phone, I am stopped International immigration would've been less uncomfortable. Suddenly the guards speak.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e'Do you have the white scarf?'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e'Sorry? \u003cspan class=\"GramE\"\u003eThe what?'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"GramE\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e'The silk scarf for the Raja.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e'No, no. I'm not a scarf-seller. You see we have this long-overdue appointment for a shoot.'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e'You need a white scarf to meet the Raja.'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eOh. I have no such thing.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eBut a scarf appears. 1, clearly, am not the first visitor to be so hopelessly unprepared. We soon find ourselves seated on a neat row of comfortable floor cushions in a beautiful audience room replete with Chinese frescos, wood-and-enamel panels painted with clouds, birds and fables. In front of us is a long, low table with pyramids of dried apricots and milk candy heaped so high that they obstruct our view. \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eAnanya\u003c\/span\u003e is the first to take a piece of candy. Finding that she can neither suck on it nor bite through it, she ends up doing something in between, unable to speak for the rest of the morning. Just as well, because what happens next leaves us all rather tongue-tied.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAn attendant walks in and says the Raja is here. We stand up as a procession walks in, in the middle of which \u003cspan class=\"GramE\"\u003eis the person\u003c\/span\u003e I had had coffee with a few weeks ago. Here he is, draped in a serious silk robe, walking right past me to take his place on an elevated throne. A throne covered in silks sits at the far end of the room at a height of several feet above us. Of course, I had seen it when I walked in but had assumed it was, as they say, just for show. Raja \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eJigmed\u003c\/span\u003e is now quite literally on a different plane from the rest of us in the room. Even rooms have rarefied altitudes in \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eLadakh\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eI am nudged to present the scarf, which I then place on the Raja's shoulders. Next \u003cspan class=\"GramE\"\u003ecomes\u003c\/span\u003e an elaborate tea ceremony where the pourer bows many times to the Raja before pouring tea into his gilt cup. He then turns to me and, with no bows of course, tips some into my porcelain cup. The Raja takes a sip, I take a sip. What do I say? Nice seeing you again? Small talk sounds hollow in the audience room. So I stick to rehearsed questions.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"center\" class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eContents\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\"\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"MsoTableGrid\" style=\"border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none;\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;\"\u003e \u003ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 287.25pt;\" width=\"383\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ePRINCELY PRELUDE\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 38.4pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"51\"\u003e \u003cp align=\"center\" class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1;\"\u003e \u003ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 287.25pt;\" width=\"383\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eTHE ROYAL WARDROBE\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 38.4pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"51\"\u003e \u003cp align=\"center\" class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 2;\"\u003e \u003ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 287.25pt;\" width=\"383\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ePERSONAL LIVING SPACES\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 38.4pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"51\"\u003e \u003cp align=\"center\" class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 3;\"\u003e \u003ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 287.25pt;\" width=\"383\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eYOUR HOME, YOURCASTLE\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 38.4pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"51\"\u003e \u003cp align=\"center\" class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 4;\"\u003e \u003ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 287.25pt;\" width=\"383\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eA MOVABLE FEAST\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 38.4pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"51\"\u003e \u003cp align=\"center\" class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 5;\"\u003e \u003ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 287.25pt;\" width=\"383\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"Style\"\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eOF BEAUTY AND BRAWN\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 38.4pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"51\"\u003e \u003cp align=\"center\" class=\"Style\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 6;\"\u003e \u003ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 5.4pt; 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