On Buckingham Palace and Louis the Sun King

When I first saw Buckingham Palace, I said to myself, "OMG, what an ugly palace!"  To put that statement in context, I had already seen the chateaux in France the year before and OMG, they were just gorgeous and immaculately beautiful! So to finally see Buckingham, I was a bit shocked at how ugly and ordinary it was.  It does photograph well on TV (during Diana's funeral) but you can ask anyone who has seen Versailles and this - and I'm sure they'll say - Louis, the Sun King REALLY had exquisite taste!!