Queen Camilla paid a visit to Hauteville House in St Peter Port, the residence of writer Victor Hugo during his exile in Guernsey. Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I am very pleased and honoured to welcome you in the Victor Hugo's house, the house of exile,
00:07where he lived during 15 years, 15 years, 1856 to 1870, to the full of this empire.
00:17And you have time to build this room, you have all the portraits of the family, but it's the
00:25copy because the family offered the original to the Musée de la Place des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
00:30Oh I see.
00:32And the dedication on the top is for England,
00:37from as a freelance he loved England, he admired England, and as an asylum he loved.
00:47It's changed completely with the basement.
00:52How lovely.
00:53So this was all for the guests?
00:55Yes, and Don Quixote, or Charles, the son, wrote during the exile.
01:03What about these?
01:05Agreed with the destination.
01:07So what about these Chinese?
01:11Yes, because we renovated this room in 2019, it's the new silk, because it was so damaged.
01:22So they copied it.
01:23Voilà , it's copied in India.
01:26And it's the brew room.
01:28These things on the wall are from the flats of Victor Hugo's in Paris,
01:34except this table, François Victor, where Victor Hugo was.
01:39This is the back, it's the son, it's the head.
01:43So the house is just under the roof with the walls, and you have just the big oak in the middle,
01:54to lie 87 teachers before the end of the exile.
01:58I see, very close to the caverns.
02:00And you have a lot of visitors per season?
02:10Yes, 20,000 visitors per season.
02:14And both French and English speakers.
02:30Hello.
02:32Bonjour.
02:34Bonjour.
02:36How's the Gruffalo going?
02:38Very well, I hope.
02:40It's very well.
02:42Oh, so it's in French?
02:44Yes.
02:46It's in French, I've never heard of it.
02:48I've only heard the English version.
02:50But I know the writer and the illustrator.
02:52Yes, very well.
02:54I had to draw Gruffalo when I went on a visit to Germany.
02:58And all the children were drawing Gruffalo.
03:00So by Axel Schaefer, they made me draw one as well.
03:04Anyway, you're enjoying your trip?
03:06Yes.
03:08You've got a perfect place for it to start today.
03:10Absolutely, it's beautiful.
03:12There we go.
03:14Bye everybody.
03:16Thank you for coming to Germany.
03:18Thank you Germany, we love you.
03:20Thank you.
03:28Bye.
03:32Thank you for coming.