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Photo: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc Held at the King’s Gallery – formerly the Queen’s Gallery – in Buckingham Palace until October 6 this year, the show displays more than 150 prints of members of the house of Windsor dating back to the early 1920s and extending right up to the present day. Besides its illustrious subjects, the exhibition also stands out for the famous names behind the camera, ranging from living photograph.
