His office is decorated with gilded chairs and extravagant mouldings, ordered by his predecessor.

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"The outside should be modern but I don't think the royal family would go for a highly modern interior, it would have to be traditional, " says the designer who thinks furnishing should be classic with a slight modern twist such as simple mouldings made out of wood.

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