Kew Palace in line for £100,000 arts award

Britain's smallest royal palace has been shortlisted for the Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries.

Kew Palace is one of four attractions in the running for the £100,000 award.

The others are Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, and Weston Park Museum in Sheffield.

The nominees were whittled down from a list of 10 and the winner will be announced at a ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects in Portland Place on 24 May.

Kew Palace, a four-storey, red brick house in Kew Gardens, was built in 1631 and first used by the royal family in 1728. Over the centuries it became a more permanent home; King George IV was born there and Queen Charlotte died there.

The palace reopened to the public last year after undergoing restoration.