The Week contest: Streamlined palace
This week's question: King Charles III reportedly will seek a "slimmed-down" British monarchy, with fewer royals and less emphasis on pomp, pageantry, and ostentatious displays of inherited wealth. If he were to apply this principle to a remodeled Buckingham Palace, what should he rename a more modest royal residence?
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RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: "Downsized Abbey"
Michael Finkelstein, Tucson, Arizona
SECOND PLACE: "Windsor Hostel"
Jess Urriola, Morris Plains, New Jersey
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THIRD PLACE: "10 Downing Street's Guest House"
Craig G. Nelson, Pitman, New Jersey
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Buck Lite"
Leslie Oberhelman, San Jose, California
"Buckinghamlet"
Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
"Now-less Oblige"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
"Fifty-Centingham Palace''
Ryan Patrick, Rochester, New York
"Cutting-backingham Palace"
Renée Chevalie, New York City, New York
"Habitat for Humility"
Elizabeth Brasek, Annapolis, Maryland
"House of the Setting Sun"
Jim McDonald, Claremore, Oklahoma
"Reign Inn"
Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts
"Starter Castle"
Lyn Graybill, Aptos, California
"Palace Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
Kenneth Walker, Bridgeport, Ohio
"King Hut"
Doug Carasso, Seal Beach, California
"Steerage for Peerage"
David Calhoun, Kernersville, North Carolina
"9 3/4 Downing Street"
Justin Laabsm, Portland, Oregon
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