Aloe

An aloe (or some such) to challenge the one which sits on my study window cill (see reference 1). But then the Palace is a bit grander than our own humble abode.

Guarding the entrance to the privy garden, with the start of the eastern terrace, overlooking that garden, visible right.

Reference 1: http://psmv3.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/settling-in.html.

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