I much prefer historical buildings to be HISTORICAL.
avant garde, trendy, chic => all smells of selling off the heirloom pieces
There was an article in Vanity Fair's January 2010 issue
written by Charles Spencer (Diana's brother) titled "Enemies of the Estate".
http://www.vanityfair.com...nglish-aristocracy-201001At first, I thought "Not him going off again."
Then I thought "A spoiled rich guy going off about evil step-mothers."
But at the end, I thought "He might be right."
The preservation of history -whether it be rich or poor- is essential but lost when there's no effort.

Fred is born into history and has the job of upholding it and making himself a part of it.
.....but he's too much of a doofus.
Mary is insignificant. She's more like the evil step-mother in Spencer's article.
.....less of an asset and more of a parasite for Denmark.
Some could argue that she's the mother of the future King of Denmark.
But she doesn't even raise her own children. What's she good for?!
History has shown the cruelity of royal/noble children taken from lower-class mothers
and places with nursemaids and nannies.....