In memory of the Emperor


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LONDON SPECIAL. Located in the heart of the British capital, Apsley House is full of objects and paintings that belonged to the Emperor and swiped by his killer, Wellington.




From our special correspondent in London, Florent Barraco

Banquet after the Battle of Waterloo (engraving, circa 1846). Each year, at Apsley House, the Duke of Wellington gave a reception in the Waterloo Gallery to commemorate his victory over Napoleon.
Banquet after the Battle of Waterloo (engraving, circa 1846). Each year at Apsley House, the Duke of Wellington hosted a reception in the Waterloo Gallery to commemorate his victory over Napoleon.
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Jnever had the United Kingdom lived up to its nickname of “perfidious Albion” so well. Two hundred and seven years after Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, all seemed almost forgotten. Didn’t Napoleon III make friends with Queen Victoria? Hadn’t the Entente Cordiale been sealed? Hadn’t the ordeal of the two world wars strengthened our ties? We had even built a plane together… It is with the sympathy of the best friend that, one fine summer day, we tried to discover the traces of the Emperor in London – who, unlike his nephew, never went there.

Let’s go on Waterloo Station and Trafalgar Square. The past is the past. Let’s forget this magnificent column of Nelson, whose hand in the waistcoat reminds us of the “Great Man”. Mere coincidence. We Vo…


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