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=== Broadlands === {{Main|Broadlands}} Broadlands is an 18th-century [[English country house|country house]] located just outside the town centre. It was designed in the [[Palladian architecture|Palladian]] style by the famous architect [[Capability Brown]] before being completed by [[Henry Holland (architect)|Henry Holland]] in 1788. It has had a number of illustrious occupants, including [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston|Lord Palmerston]] and [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Louis Mountbatten]]. Broadlands has been the setting of two royal honeymoons, namely those of [[Elizabeth II]] and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]] in 1947 and then [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] and [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana]] in 1981.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/11927292/Estate-where-Prince-Charles-and-Diana-spent-honeymoon-to-become-huge-solar-farm.html|title=Estate where Prince Charles and Diana spent honeymoon to become huge solar farm|last=Agency|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=12 October 2015|access-date=21 August 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> The house itself is a Grade I listed building and the surrounding gardens are Grade II listed on the [[Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England|Register of Historic Parks and Gardens]]. Both are open to visitors on weekday afternoons in summer.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1000166|desc=BROADLANDS, Romsey Extra |access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref>
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