無意間在電視看了一部2015英國片-A Royal Night Out-兩位公主Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon)和Margret (Bel Powlery)微服出遊，一夜之間在London狂歡、追逐並和飛行員士兵Jack ( Jack Reynor)邂逅，整個劇情荒誕不經卻又溫馨浪漫，正可打發無聊的漫漫時光。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzBuLhBG7Ag
May 8th, 1945 – V.E. Day… a nation celebrates the victorious end to a long and costly war. Cloistered away in Buckingham Palace two princesses peer out longingly at the adoring crowd who ready themselves for the biggest party London has ever seen. Princess Elizabeth and her headstrong 15-year-old sister, Margaret, would give anything to join them…
Finally the King and Queen relent – the girls can go out, but two Royal Guardsmen will accompany them and they are to be home by midnight.
Excited and full of trepidation, the two princesses set forth, incognito. For Elizabeth it seems like a wonderful dream – one night where no one knows who she is. But, arriving at the Ritz Hotel she discovers her Mother has laid a trap. A formal reception, full of curtseys and polite conversation, awaits them.
Margaret takes her opportunity to escape, whisked away by a group of partying naval lieutenants, leaving Elizabeth to decide whether to chase after her fun-loving sister, raise the alarm, or fulfill her duties at the Ritz…. She takes a deep breath and disappears into the crowds to start the search.
Daunted by the city and its exuberant revelers, Elizabeth is anxious and vulnerable. Until she falls, quite literally, into the arms of a young airman, Jack. Over the course of the night this unlikely couple, the princess and the squaddie, stumble their way around the West End, searching for Margaret and opening each other’s eyes to their polar worlds. Both are disillusioned in their own way, unsure of what the post-war future holds, and both are carrying a secret – Jack is ignorant to Elizabeth’s true identity, and Elizabeth has no idea Jack has gone AWOL from the military.
As they journey from Trafalgar Square, via the Mall, to the dark heart of Soho, in search of Margaret, Elizabeth finds herself immersed in a London that is more complex than she had ever imagined. She experiences friendship, kindness, danger, and the flutterings of first love in this fairytale adventure.
By the time she and Margaret are back in the Palace, Elizabeth has changed forever. Their one night of freedom gives her courage to face her responsibilities… One night of magic that could all have been a dream…
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其中的一場景，Margret跳進水池狂歡，地點就是Trafalgar Square前的水池，即National Gallery前面的大水池。
很喜歡到NationalGallery 和National Portrail Gallery看那兒的畫作，尤其是名家的作品，更讓人嘆為觀止。由於收藏的畫作太豐富了，我通常一次看一層，那兒是我下雨天鎖定的去處。
通常我都搭灰線到Green Park,從白金漢宮沿著林蔭大道（The Mall）漫步，穿過海軍拱門(Admiralty Arch)到特拉法加廣場，有時懶得走，就會搭黑線到Charing Cross，先到St Martin-in-the-Fields教堂沈澱一小時，再去國家藝廊看畫作。
海軍拱門https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_Arch
聖馬田教堂https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin-in-the-Fields
特拉法加廣場是為紀念著名的特拉法爾加港海戰而修建的。法國在拿破崙執政後，於 1804 年 5 月，迫使西班牙一同渡海進攻英國。1805年10月21日，英國海軍上將納爾遜指揮的英國艦隊與法國、西班牙聯合艦隊在特拉法爾加港海面上作戰。沒想到英國艦隊以寡敵眾，一舉戰勝對方。但不幸的是，當海戰結束時，納爾遜上將因中了法國炮艦「恐怖號」的流彈而逝世。為了紀念這位功業彪柄的海軍上將，每年10月21日，許多人到特拉法爾加廣場悼念他。
特拉法加廣場https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Square
在廣場中心，豎立著威廉·雷爾頓設計的52米高的圓柱形紀念碑，石柱上端挺立的5.3米高的納爾遜全身銅像是雕塑家貝利的作品。石柱底下是高大的方形石座和多層台階，石座的四壁鑲著納爾遜生平所指揮的4場著名戰役的銅雕，最低一層台階的四角，安放著4隻大銅獅子，這些是埃德溫·蘭西爾爵士雕塑的。這座紀念碑修建於1840年至1843年。紀念碑設計得如此之高是因為人們希望它高於附近滑鐵盧廣場上的約克公爵的37.8米的圓柱。納爾遜的銅塑雕像據說是用海戰中繳獲的銅炮製成的。
特拉法加廣場便利的地理位置和美麗的廣場建築,使它成為倫敦的著名景點。它不僅吸引了眾多的外國遊客，也是倫敦市民政治、文化活動的中心。每年聖誕節的夜晚，廣場上張燈結綵，倫敦市民在燈火輝煌的廣場上高歌跳舞，場面熱鬧。挪威送的的聖誕樹和兩個大噴水池被五顏六色的彩燈映照得美輪美奐，宛如仙境一般。
特拉法加廣場南端是倫敦傳統中心點查令十字，附近有許多宏偉的建築和大使館。在附近閒晃，可看點極多，累了坐下來喝杯咖啡，看來來往往的遊客，也是種趣味。廣場的北邊有許多間廁所，這是最大的便利處。
特拉法加廣場是街頭藝人表演之處，只要到那兒逛，一定會看到各式各樣的表演，我還親眼看到兩位藝人因音樂干擾問題而在廣場大吵特吵的的窘況，那兒也有宣告理念的小型聚會，還蠻令人感慨的。
但印象最深的還是二十年前第一次看到他們的同志大遊行，裝扮詭異新奇，真讓我大開眼界。沒想到台灣去年也開始吵同樣的議題，真讓人跌破眼鏡。
博物館和美術館是學生校外教學的主要場所，通常由老師和多位家長帶領，小學生甚至穿上醒目的黃色背心，曾在後面聽館員導覽，活動設計活潑，與學生的對答中，讓我懂得美學的啟發原來是這樣開始的。
二十以前，到Trafalgar Square遊逛時，廣場到處都是鴿子，餵鴿子是件有趣的事。但近年來，大倫敦政府立法禁止在廣場上餵食鴿子，如今廣場上的鴿子已近乎絕跡。
