Then to the National Portrait Gallery. Rather thinking of taking another look at the portrait of Shakespeare, the one believed to be the only one done during his lifetime. Turns out that the 400th anniversary of his death is being celebrated by lending said painting to Moscow. Pay a visit to the Stuart gallery anyway. And renew acquaintance with the genealogical chart that shows the transfer of the crown from the Stuarts to the Hanoverians. Had always supposed that the supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie were romantic dreamers, but the chart suggests otherwise. He was the only son of the only son of James II, and the obvious royal choice, had it not been for anti Stuart and anti Catholic sentiment. In the light of which a tenuous link led to a German monarch who disliked England and spoke virtually no English.
In Trafalgar Square they're setting up the 3D 2/3 size copy of the Palmyra arch, recently destroyed by ISIS and soon to be on proper display for 3 days.
