The palace was taken away for improper conduct!!!
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The palace was taken away for misconduct!
In 1796, the Empress presented the Marble Palace to her 16-year-old grandson, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, on the occasion of his marriage to Princess Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg Juliana-Henrietta-Ulrika, baptized by Anna Fedorovna.
However, soon Catherine was forced to take away the gift “for unworthy behavior” – the young prince shot live rats in the corridor from a cannon, and his 14-year-old wife was forced to hide in a vase.
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