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Buckingham Palace: From royal residence to record-breaking art
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11:42 AM EDT, Fri April 20, 2012
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Palace tranforms into art —
Buckingham Palace will get a colorful facelift for three nights in April thanks to Face Britain, a project from The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts.
Montage of Queen Elizabeth II —
The Queen's image, made up of 200,000 self-portrait from children across the United Kingdom, is projected onto Buckingham Palace.
Adele, aged 23 —
In addition to artwork from the children, some of Britain's most well-known faces have provided self portraits which will be auctioned on eBay. Here is Grammy winner, Adele's contribution.
World record attempt —
Face Britain aims to provide a platform to celebrate the nation's children and young people in the lead up to the Diamond Jubilee and Olympics.
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Jack, aged 5 —
The projection at Buckingham Palace is also a record-breaking attempt of the biggest ever collaboration of artists into one piece. This self portrait is from five-year-old Jack of Lindshead School in Yorkshire, England.
Harriet, aged 8 —
Eight-year-old Harriet from Devon also submitted her self portrait for the world-record attempt.
Ronnie, aged 65 —
Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood also provided a self-portrait.
Palace projections —
A photographer used a fish eye lens to capture the glory of Buckingham Palace transformed into art.